Deceptive passion
| Movie | |
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| German title | Deceptive passion |
| Original title | Deception |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1946 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Irving rapper |
| script |
John Collier Joseph Than |
| production | Henry Blanke |
| music | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| camera | Ernest Haller |
| cut | Alan Crosland Jr. |
| occupation | |
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Deceptive passion (OT: Deception ) being an American film drama by Irving Rapper from the year 1946 with Bette Davis and Paul Henreid in the lead roles. The two actors were previously seen as a screen couple in Journey from the Past .
action
The pianist Christine Radcliffe runs up the stairs of a concert hall in the rain. She has just seen on a concert poster that the cellist Karel Novak will play there today. Novak, who spent the war in neutral Sweden, is her childhood sweetheart, believed to be dead. After the performance, Novak is stormed by well-wishers and a reporter asks him about his favorite composers. Novak lists some famous names and finally adds: "And of course, Hollenius."
Novak returns to his dressing room, Christine enters, and their eyes meet in his mirror. The couple embrace while Christine cries: "I thought you were dead. I saw them kill you."
Novak follows Christine in her apartment. He becomes suspicious when he sees the luxuriously furnished apartment and the many fur coats in her closet. Suspicion grows in him and Christine accuses him of eternal jealousy. But she can initially appease him by lying to him that she finances her livelihood by teaching, and she describes all these precious objects as gifts from “rich, untalented students”. Novak apologizes for his behavior. Christine then asks him to marry her immediately. The composer Alexander Hollenius, who is actually on a concert tour, suddenly appears at the wedding reception and stages a dramatic performance. It's obvious he's madly jealous. He is so under tension that he crushes his wine glass in his hand.
Hollenius gives Novak a score of his new cello concerto. Novak is to take over the solo part at the world premiere, Hollenius himself will lead the orchestra as a guest conductor. Christine remarks that the orchestra's solo cellist is also being taught by Hollenius, and that Hollenius cannot seriously consider her husband for the concert. She fears that Hollenius will take revenge for leaving him by sabotaging her husband's career. She tries to bribe the flattered Gribble with a lot of money, not to work with Hollenius. But Gribble refuses.
Before the first orchestra rehearsal, Hollenius invites the couple to dinner. Novak is completely upset by Hollenius' superficially extremely hospitable behavior, which however serves to wear down the cellist in a subtle way. At the dress rehearsal there is a dispute between Novak and Hollenius, which is in reality a power struggle between the two men. Hollenius breaks off the dress rehearsal. On the night of the premiere, Christine visits Hollenius in his apartment in order to make one last attempt to appease him. Hollenius threatens Christine, however, to tell Novak about their previous love affair before the concert. Desperate, Christine shoots him and arranges the scene like a suicide.
Another conductor takes over the direction of the orchestra and the performance is a great success. While the well-wishers wait, Christine confesses to her husband about her previous relationship with Hollenius and that she has just shot Hollenius. They hastily leave the concert hall together.
background
The film is based on the play Monsieur Lamberthier by Louis Verneuil , which premiered in Paris in 1927. The play was first performed in the United States on October 22, 1928 at Maxine Elliott's Theater on Broadway as a two-person play under the title Jealousy with Fay Bainter and John Halliday . A first film adaptation of the material was made in 1929 under the same title with Jeanne Eagels and Fredric March and directed by Jean de Limur . The play was performed again on October 1, 1946 on Broadway under the title Obsession at the Plymouth Theater with Eugenie Leontovich and Basil Rathbone . Warner Bros. originally bought the rights in one piece for Barbara Stanwyck and Paul Henreid. Bette Davis' solo piano performance was performed by Shura Cherkassky ; Henreid's cello playing by Eleanor Aller. The music for Hollenius' cello concerto comes from Erich Wolfgang Korngold , who composed the music for this film. Korngold then expanded this material and published it as his own cello concerto. He also composed a cadenza for Haydn's 2nd cello concerto and an arrangement of Schubert's Impromptu No. 4 for the film .
Despite the earlier success of Davis, Henreid, Rains and Director Rapper and positive reviews, Deceptive Passion proved to be a problem for producers. With high production costs and a modest theatrical release, it became the first Bette Davis film that Warner Bros. did not make a profit.
reception
In 2003 Naxos released the complete score as a double CD for the first time , along with Korngold's music for the film The Sea Hawk by Michael Curtiz . The restoration was carried out by John Morgan. The Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performed under the direction of William T. Stromberg. Eleanor Aller, a member of the Hollywood String Quartet, took on the cello part. In addition to the film music, the CD also contains the complete Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C major, Op. 37 .
In 2008 Turner Entertainment released a DVD of the film along with commentary by Foster Hirsch. The DVD contains a booklet with 24 pages with texts by Brendan Carroll, Rudy Behlme and John Morgan.
criticism
“A melodramatically processed woman's fate, which is carried by brilliant theatrical achievements beyond all the absurdities of the plot; Hollywood entertainment from a single source. "
“Thanks to the brilliant performers and wonderful music passages, it was both a visual and acoustic pleasure. Big Hollywood cinema with a lot of heartache. "
Web links
- Deceptive passion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Spada: More Than a Woman. Little, Brown and Company, 1993, ISBN 978-0-316-90880-1 , pp. 241 .
- ^ Korngold: The Sea Hawk, Deception Naxos records, accessed August 2, 2018
- ↑ Janet Horward: The Conductor Gets it In The End: Deception and the Korngold Cello Concerto , Interlude, July 6, 2014, accessed August 2, 2018
- ↑ Deceptive Passion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 9, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/truegerische-leidenschaft,1300885,ApplicationMovie.html