Storm trip to Alaska
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Storm trip to Alaska |
| Original title | The World in His Arms |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Raoul Walsh |
| script |
Horace McCoy Borden Chase |
| production | Aaron Rosenberg |
| music | Frank Skinner |
| camera | Russell Metty |
| cut | Frank Gross |
| occupation | |
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Storm Ride to Alaska (originally The World in His Arms ) is an American adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh from 1952. The screenplay is based on a novel by Rex Beach. The premiere in Germany took place on November 28, 1952.
action
San Francisco in 1850. The Russian Countess Marina Selanova escapes her arranged marriage to Prince Semyon. She books a trip on Captain Manuel's ship - also known as "The Portuguese" - to Sitka in Alaska. Her uncle Ivan Vorashilov is the governor there and can protect her.
The illegal seal hunter, Captain Jonathan Clark "The Boston Man", a bitter rival of the Portuguese, frees his sailors from this Shanghai . The Countess sends a man to Clark to find out if she can travel on with him. But Clark hates Russians and refuses their offer. When Marina goes to Clark herself, she pretends to be the Countess's companion and can change his mind. After a while, the two fall in love. Clark proposes to her, which Marina accepts.
When they land in a port, Prince Semyon finds Marina and brings her to Sitka himself. Clark, who feels cheated by Marina, races to Alaska with Manuel, with his ship as a bet. Clark wins, but Manuel tries to take over Clark's ship. There was a dispute between the two teams when a Russian gunboat lined up and shipped all the men to Sitka.
Prince Semyon blackmailed Marina by releasing Clark in order to marry her. But the released Clark and his men, as well as Manuel and his team, turn back. Clark saves Marina and sails away with her.
Reviews
“Seafarer and adventurer film with a superficial anti-Russian tendency; Formally a long underestimated film that offers exciting and aesthetically pleasing entertainment. "
"The rapid trip is also the climax of this anti-Russian-toned, action-packed macho romance."
background
At the time the film is set (1850), Alaska was a Russian colony, the only overseas colony in Russia. But the colony turned out to be unprofitable and difficult to manage for the Russian Empire (then under Tsar Nicholas I ). For the equivalent of 7.2 million US dollars, the United States bought the colony from the Russian Empire, which had financial difficulties after the loss of the Crimean War . On October 18, 1867 Alaska became the property of the USA (this day is a public holiday in Alaska as Alaska Day ) and on January 3, 1959 it became the 49th state of the USA (see History of Alaska ).
Sig Ruman was born Siegfried Albon Rumann in Hamburg in 1884 . In 1924 he moved to the United States and was used on Broadway before moving to film in 1929.
Russell A. Gausman and Alexander Golitzen were responsible for setting the film . They were supported by Julia Heron , who later also received an Oscar.
Web links
- The World in His Arms in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short review of the Variety (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Storm trip to Alaska. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=31712