The Tempest

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Movie
German title The Tempest
Original title The Tempest
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Julie Taymor
script Julie Taymor
production Julie Taymor,
Robert Chartoff ,
Lynn Hendee ,
Jason K. Lau ,
Julia Taylor-Stanley
music Elliot Goldenthal
camera Stuart Dryburgh
cut Françoise Bonnot
occupation

The Tempest is an American comedic drama from 2010 based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare . Helen Mirren plays the lead role of Prospera, David Strathairn plays King Alonzo , Djimon Hounsou is Caliban represents and Russell Brand is seen in the role of Trinculo. The film was directed by Julie Taymor . The premiere took place at the Venice International Film Festival in September 2010.

Sandy Powell received an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design . It was her ninth nomination for an Academy Award .

action

Prospera, Duchess of Milan , is removed from the throne by her brother Antonio and put on a raft to die with her four-year-old daughter Miranda. They survive and find themselves stranded on an island where the beast Caliban is the only inhabitant. Prospera enslaves Caliban and claims the island. After 12 years, Alonso, King of Naples, sails back from his daughter's wedding to the Prince of Tunisia. He is accompanied by Antonio and his son Ferdinand. Prospera, sensing a chance for vengeance, causes a storm that capsizes the ship and leaves the ship's passengers stranded on the island.

Cast and dubbing

The synchronization was based on the dialogue book by Martin Schowanek under the dialogue direction of Tyron Thein Watzinger in the Tonezone Thein & Kahle studios.

role Actress German dubbing voice Remarks
Prospera Helen Mirren Karin Buchholz the main character, mother of Miranda and a witch
Miranda Felicity Jones Stephanie Kirchberger Prospera's daughter who falls in love with Ferdinand
Ferdinand Reeve Carney Tim Kreuer Alonzo's son who falls in love with Miranda
Stephano Alfred Molina Bernd Rumpf Alonzo's butler, who participates with Trinculo in Caliban's plot against Prospera
Trinculo Russell Brand Tammo ruff Alonzo's jester, who, together with Stephano, participates in Caliban's plot against Prospera
Caliban Djimon Hounsou Sascha Rotermund Prospera's slave who conspires against Prospera together with Stephano and Trinculo
Antonio Chris Cooper Jan Spitzer Prospera's brother and Miranda's uncle
Sebastian Alan Cumming Viktor Neumann Alonzo's brother
Gonzalo Tom Conti Wolf Frass a counselor helping Prospera and Miranda
Alonzo, King of Naples David Strathairn Peter Kirchberger Ferdinand's father and employer of Trinculo and Stephano
Ariel Ben Whishaw Jacob Weigert a spirit that helps Prospera

production

The screenplay of The Tempest - The Tempest was written by Julie Taymor. She was also the director of the film. The main character of the original piece is Prospero. Taymor changed the character's gender to cast Helen Mirren as Prospera. Taymor explained her decision as follows: “I didn't really have a male actor on my mind that excited me, but there were some phenomenal female [actresses] - Helen Mirren was one of them - who [made me think]: 'My God, does this piece change? What happens if you change the role to a female role? '”. After reading the play again, she came to believe that the story could stand the change of sex without looking artificial.

In Shakespeare's play, Prospero is the Duke of Milan. In the adaptation, however, Prospera is the duke's wife. She is "blatantly inflicted injustice" as Prospera: When the Duke dies, his brother Antonio accuses her of murder through witchcraft. Antonio makes this accusation in order to get rid of Prospera and claim her royal title. Taymor said: "Her whole life was taken away because she was a woman." Prospera wants to prevent the same from happening to her daughter.

The main filming took place in volcanic areas in Hawaii .

publication

The Tempest won an award at the Venice International Film Festival on September 11, 2010 as the closing film of the film festival. When Disney Miramax Films sold to Filmyard Holdings, took them to sales by the subsidiary Touchstone Pictures . The film was officially released on December 10, 2010.

reception

The Tempest received mostly negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes says 30% of 89 critics rated the film positively, with an average rating of 4.69 out of 10. Entertainment Weekly stated that the film was "theatrically ambitious, musically busy and in the end cinematically sluggish" and "clearly reflects the authorship of the myth-loving director Julie Taymor". USA Today commented, "Mirren keeps the film on track, but incomprehensible yelling and pointless drama cover up subtle moments." Newsweek's review was similar . The film's special effects added "little to the story" "to a surprising degree". Compared to the “incisive power of [Shakespeare's] language”, Taymor's “screen wizardry” appears to be “gross magic”. David Denby, however, praised the strengths of the film in the newspaper The New Yorker , to which he mainly counted the acting performance of Helen Mirren as Prospera. In a review for The Sydney Morning Herald , Sandra Hall was positive about Taylor's interpretation of Shakespeare's play and praised the visual elements.

Awards

price Date of award category Nominees Result
Academy Awards February 27, 2011 Best costume design Sandy Powell nomination
Satellite Awards December 19, 2010 Best Actress - Drama Helen Mirren nomination

Varia

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Tempest . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2011 (PDF; test number: 128 862 V).
  2. ↑ The Tempest. German synchronous index , accessed on May 25, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Mirren 'to star in Tempest film'. In: BBC News . October 8, 2008, accessed January 29, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Ben Child: Julie Taymor's The Tempest to close Venice film festival. In: The Guardian . July 27, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2012 .
  5. ↑ a b c Anthony Breznican: First look: Helen Mirren in lead role in Julie Taymor's 'Tempest'. In: USA Today . May 7, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2012 .
  6. ^ The Tempest Movie Reviews, Pictures. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
  7. ^ Lisa Schwarzbaum: The Tempest. In: Entertainment Weekly. 1133, December 17, 2010, p. 65.
  8. ↑ Claudia Puig: Shakespeare gets lost in 'Tempest'. In: USA Today. December 10, 2010.
  9. ↑ Jeremy McCarter: THE ONE ... If You Need to Brush Up on Your Shakespeare. In: Newsweek. December 6, 2010.
  10. ↑ David Denby : THE TEMPEST. ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: The New Yorker. 2010.
  11. ↑ Sandra Hall: The Tempest. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. April 21, 2011, accessed January 29, 2012 .
  12. ^ Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , accessed January 29, 2012 .
  13. ↑ 2010 nominations. International Press Academy , accessed January 29, 2012 .

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