The smallest show in the world
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The smallest show in the world |
| Original title | The Smallest Show on Earth |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1957 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Basil Dearden |
| script |
William Rose , John Eldridge |
| production |
Frank Launder , Sidney Gilliat , Michael Relph |
| music | William Alwyn |
| camera | Douglas Slocombe |
| cut | Oswald Hafenrichter |
| occupation | |
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The smallest show in the world (original title: The Smallest Show on Earth ) is a British film by the director Basil Dearden from 1957.
action
The young couple Matt and Jean Spenser dreams of traveling to exotic places, one of which is the Uzbek city of Samarkand . When Matt inherits a cinema from his great-uncle , they think they have hit the jackpot. To their disappointment, however, they discover that the Bijou Kinema is a small and dilapidated movie theater. It has three employees, all of whom have worked there for many years; Cashier Mrs. Fazackalee, projectionist Mr. Quill and the usher Tom.
Matt learns from her notary that Mr. Hardcastle once offered his great-uncle five thousand pounds for the cinema; he planned to tear it down and create a parking lot there for his own modern cinema. When asked about the offer, however, it only offers the couple five hundred pounds. On the advice of their notary, Matt and Jean try a bluff ; to get Hardcastle to a higher bid, they set about reopening their cinema. Contrary to expectations, after a few teething problems, the cinema proves to be a success, and the couple can even hire another employee, Marlene Hogg as an ice cream seller.
Hardcastle goes into sabotage , and after the cinema has to repay the audience for their entrance fee after a failed performance, Matt and Jean are about to give up. Usher Tom hears Matt exclaiming that he wished Hardcastle's theater would burn down. Tom later leaves the Bijou Kinema with a canister. Overnight, the Grand actually burned to the ground and Hardcastle is grudgingly offering the couple ten thousand pounds for the Bijou Kinema . The Spensers accept the offer, on condition that the employees are taken over.
Matt and Jean ultimately realize their dream, the trip to Samarkand.
synchronization
Peter Sellers was dubbed the only time in this film by Anton Reimer .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Spenser | Bill Travers | Dietmar Schönherr |
| Jean Spenser | Virginia McKenna | Lis Verhoeven |
| Robin Carter | Leslie Phillips | Thomas Reiner |
| Percy Quil | Peter Sellers | Anton Reimer |
| Mrs. Fazackalee | Margaret Rutherford | Erna Grossmann |
| Tom | Bernard Miles | Hans-Hermann Schaufuss |
| Albert Hardcastle | Francis De Wolff | Erik Jelde |
| Emmett | Stringer Davis | Robert Klupp |
production
The comedy received no theatrical release in Germany and was first shown on ARD on May 31, 1962 .
criticism
“A married couple inherits a dilapidated cinema. The film depicts the resulting adventures with a British sense of bizarre humor. A brilliantly played comedy. "
Awards
- 1958: BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best British Screenplay for William Rose and John Eldridge
Web links
- The smallest show on earth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The smallest show in the world. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on February 16, 2020 .
- ↑ The smallest show in the world. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 16, 2020 .