Carrasco the molester

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Movie
German title Carrasco the molester
Original title The Outrage
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1964
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Martin Ritt
script Michael Kanin
production A. Ronald Lubin ,
Martin Ritt
music Alex North
camera James Wong Howe
cut Frank Santillo
occupation

Carrasco, the molester (Original title: The Outrage ) is an American western directed by Martin Ritt from 1964. Michael Kanin's script is based on the Japanese short story Rashomon by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, as well as on the screenplay of the film adaptation by Akira Kurosawa from the year 1950, Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen , written by Kurosawa and his co-author Shinobu Hashimoto .

action

In the southwest of the United States, three men meet at a train station and wait together for their train - a disaffected priest, a nagging prospector and a cynical impostor. To pass the time, they discuss the Juan Carrasco case. Carrasco is the area's most wanted criminal, just sentenced to death by the court for the murder of a citizen and the rape of his wife. During the discussion it turns out that the negotiation was burdened by different versions of what happened.

Carrasco testified that he tied the man up, forced him to watch the rape, and then killed him in a duel. The woman, on the other hand, claimed that after she was raped by Carrasco and he fled, she killed her husband herself. This happened in a fit of anger because her husband accused her of encouraging the bandit to do his thing. An old Indian testified that the man killed himself because he had been humiliated by raping his wife.

The men interrupt their discussion when they hear a scream. They look for the cause and find an abandoned baby. They also find gold that was probably left for the care of the child. When the crook tries to steal the gold, a dispute arises among the men, in which it turns out that the prospector was also involved in the Carrasco case. He witnessed the crime but did not testify that he had stolen an ornamental dagger from the dying husband. According to the prospector, Carrasco regretted the rape and wanted to flee with the woman. However, the woman made the two men fight for her, with her husband accidentally falling on the dagger.

The prospector announced that he wanted to adopt the baby, even though he already had five children. The priest finds his faith in humanity again and returns to his community.

background

The MGM production premiered in New York on October 7, 1964. The film was released in Germany in 1965, including the title Ich bin Carrasco .

Michael Kanin and his wife Fay rewrote Kurosawa's original screenplay into a Broadway play called Rashomon , in which Claire Bloom played her film role. In contrast to the film, the Kanins left the medieval Japanese background for the play. Rod Steiger played the role of bandit . The piece first appeared in 1959.

The film was the fourth of six productions in which director Ritt and lead actor Newman worked together.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film found the film “in spite of its remarkable performance in terms of representation and photography, neither in form nor content as well-rounded and convincing as the Japanese model”. The film is "attractive but as a cinematic experiment". The conclusion of the film magazine Cinema was: "Gripping: Truth-finding as an intellectual drama."

AH Weiler of the New York Times wrote that Ritt and Newman are tough and fearless types who break down aspects of human weakness and thus produce a brisk and sophisticated drama that deviates far from any film norm. Variety described the film as an accurate metamorphosis of the Japanese play from the 12th century into a western story in which a samurai becomes an American gentleman.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carrasco, the molester. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 8, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ See cinema.de
  3. ↑ AH Weiler : Paul Newman Starred in 'The Outrage': Michael Kanin Version Directed by Ritt . In: The New York Times , October 8, 1964.
  4. ↑ See The Outrage . In: Variety , 1964.