Dream of my life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dream of my life |
| Original title | Summertime |
| Country of production |
UK , USA |
| original language |
English , Italian |
| Publishing year | 1955 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Lean |
| script |
HE Bates , David Lean |
| production | Ilya Lopert |
| music | Alessandro Cicognini |
| camera | Jack Hildyard |
| cut | Peter Taylor |
| occupation | |
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Dream of my Life (OT: Summertime ) is a British - American drama film directed by David Lean from 1955 . It is a film adaptation of the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents .
action
Jane Hudson, a middle-aged single “better secretary” from Ohio , fulfills her lifelong dream and travels to Venice . At Signora Fiorini's guesthouse , she finds out that the other guests are all two and spend their days touring the city and bathing on the beach. There are, for example, the young artists Eddie and Phyl, who seem to be madly in love with each other; or the already caricatured rich American tourist couple, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McIlhenny, who constantly shower Jane with advice.
It doesn't take long for Jane to feel lonely. During one of her forays through the city, she finally meets the street boy Mauro and becomes friends with him. When she visits a street café on St. Mark's Square , she notices how she is being watched by a gentleman at the next table. But she pretends not to notice anything.
The next day, Jane stands in front of the window of the antique shop "Renato de Rossi", where a particularly beautiful goblet catches her eye. As soon as she has entered the shop, she recognizes in the owner the Italian who eyed her so attentively yesterday in St. Mark's Square. The two quickly come to an agreement, and in the end Jane asks the dealer to get her a second piece. Renato de Rossi assures her that he will personally bring it to the pension.
The next day, Jane had a mishap while taking a picture: She fell backwards into a canal. After Renato found out about Jane's accident, he immediately rushed to the pension to find out how she was feeling. The two agree to have dinner together.
A few days later Jane waits longingly for her admirer at the agreed place. Instead, however, Vito comes to her table, a boy whom she has already seen in Renato's shop and mistaken for his nephew. She has to find out from him that his father cannot come for various reasons. Now it dawns on Jane that Renato is married.
Then she wants to get rid of her disappointment in a bar. There she meets Phyl, who also looks unhappy. Phyl has had a sharp argument with Eddie and is already seeing their marriage fall apart. When Jane comes back to the pension, she notices Signora Fiorini driving away in a gondola with Eddie. Beside herself with anger, she grabs little Mauro, whom she discovers on the terrace and who has obviously taken care of the gondola, pulls him into the house and accuses him of shameless pimping . Renato appears unexpectedly and takes the boy under protection. He can't understand why she's taking her anger out on Mauro. But now Jane lets her anger run wild with Renato and accuses him of deliberately concealing from her that he is married. Now Renato can no longer hold back and makes Jane great reproaches. This leads to a tangible dispute that soon ends with a reconciliation. The two spend the evening together at the Venetian Festa del Redentore , which ends with a magnificent fireworks display. Jane abandons herself to the magical magic of light and colors - and the evening becomes a night.
Cheerful days follow, which the couple spends indulging in happiness on the island of Burano , until Jane realizes that it is time to part with Renato and return home. But saying goodbye is difficult for both of them.
background
Dream of my Life is based on the award-winning play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents . The Hungarian film architect Vincent Korda provided the equipment . The film had its world premiere on May 29, 1955 at the Venice International Film Festival . In Germany he could first be seen in the cinema on September 30, 1955.
While filming, Katharine Hepburn contracted conjunctivitis , which she suffered from for the rest of her life: In one scene, she played a fall into the canal and then failed to disinfect her eyes. Director David Lean called Dream of My Life his favorite film in later years.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in 1955 by Deutsche London Film . The dialogue book written by GA Ihering, the dialogue director took Edgar Flatau .
| role | actor | German Dubbing voice |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Hudson | Katharine Hepburn | Ingeborg Grunewald |
| Renato de Rossi | Rossano Brazzi | Holger Hagen |
| Signora Fiorini | Isa Miranda | Ursula Traun |
| Eddie Yaeger | Darren McGavin | Rolf Mamero |
| Phyl Yaeger | Mari Aldon | Ruth Grossi |
| Mrs. McIlhenny | Jane Rose | Änne Bruck |
| Mr. McIlhenny | MacDonald Parke | Carl Voscherau |
| British passenger in the train compartment | André Morell | Arnold Marquis |
Awards
The film was nominated for an Oscar in the categories of Best Director and Best Actress . He received further nominations for the British Film Academy Award in the categories of Best Film and Best Foreign Actress.
Reviews
The film has a positive rating of 93% on the US critic portal Rotten Tomatoes , based on 14 reviews. Bosley Crowther praised the convincing performance of Hepburn in the lead role in the New York Times of June 22, 1955. Lean made Venice the driving force in his film and captured the city beautifully. Crowther criticized, however, that the love story sometimes seems implausible, especially the abrupt end of the relationship.
The lexicon of international film comes to a positive assessment: "Atmospherically dense and sensitive, photographed with beautiful colors, the film David Leans, which sometimes balances on the edge of the sentimental, captivates primarily through the acting skills of Katharine Hepburn." Prisma writes: "The one at original locations The superbly photographed film shows Katharine Hepburn in one of her best roles. "
literature
Program for the film: Illustrierte Film-Bühne , published by the publishing house of the same name, Munich, No. 2982
Web links
- Dream of my life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dream of my life on prisma-online.de
- Five pictures from the film at Cinema.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summertime . tcm.com . Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ↑ Dream of my life in the German dubbing index
- ↑ Summertime at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Summertime at the New York Times, Bosley Crowther
- ^ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3878
- ↑ Dream of my life at Prisma