Under the stairs
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Under the stairs |
| Original title | Staircase |
| Country of production |
United Kingdom , United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stanley Donen |
| script | Charles Dyer based on his play of the same name |
| production | Stanley Donen |
| music | Dudley Moore |
| camera | Christopher Challis |
| cut | Richard Marden |
| occupation | |
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Under the stairs (Original title: Staircase , literally translated: Staircase ) is a British-American feature film in color from 1969 by Stanley Donen . The main roles were played by Rex Harrison and Richard Burton . The screenplay was written by Charles Dyer , on whose play of the same name the film is based. The strip had its world premiere on August 20, 1969 in the USA. It was first shown in cinemas in the Federal Republic of Germany on September 5, 1969.
action
Harry Leeds and Charles Dyer, two homosexual men, have lived together like a married couple for around twenty years. Harry, who runs a hairdressing salon, is a mother guy who takes care of the housekeeping, while Charlie is a worn-out mime and a fragile sonny boy type, the more active part of the two. Everyone knows the other very well, knows their respective weaknesses and weak points. Both make full use of this knowledge, ruthlessly poison each other to the point of tearing up, accuse each other of the past, pretend to want to part ways, flirt with former love affairs and successes, accuse each other of having destroyed their own life with all its open possibilities - and stay together when it comes to the separation; decades of living together made the partner indispensable. The two are dependent on one another in a binding love-hate relationship and have played well together.
criticism
The Protestant film observer summarizes his opinion as follows: Successful film production of the play of the same name [...]. Not a “problem film” (although pointing to problems such as social isolation and ostracism), but rather a tabloid piece with tragicomic features that requires an audience that can laugh at “funny” aspects of an intrinsically complicated and serious topic without “about something to confuse laughing ”with“ making fun of something ”. Two hours of excellent play and funny (film) theater, which is recommended under the aforementioned restriction. The lexicon of international films comes to the conclusion that the film contains a tragicomic character study and is an excellent actor. The state film evaluation agency in Wiesbaden awarded the work the title “Particularly valuable”.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 401/1969, pp. 400 to 401
- ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3996