Vera Cruz (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Vera Cruz |
| Original title | Vera Cruz |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Aldrich |
| script |
Roland Kibbee , James R. Webb |
| production |
Harold Hecht , James Hill , Burt Lancaster |
| music | Hugo Friedhofer |
| camera | Ernest Laszlo |
| cut | Alan Crosland junior |
| occupation | |
| |
Veracruz is an American Western from director Robert Aldrich from the year 1954 with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster in the lead roles.
action
Ben Trane loses all his property in the Civil War and turns his back on the southern states in disappointment. He's trying his luck in Mexico . When his horse breaks a leg, he buys a horse from Joe Erin, whom he meets shortly afterwards. However, the horse is stolen. After fleeing from the imperial troops, Ben can now outwit Joe and take his horse from him.
In the next Mexican town, Ben meets Joe's gang. After gaining respect from the men, he and Joe form a partnership. Marquis de Labordere succeeds in hiring them for the emperor . They are surrounded by Juarists , who have to withdraw as Joe takes some children hostage. Ben meets the young pickpocket Nina, who steals his wallet from him.
In the capital they meet the emperor, who gives them the order to accompany Countess Duvarre to Vera Cruz for 50,000 dollars . During an overnight stay in a monastery, however, Ben and Joe discover the real reason for the trip; Countess Duvarre's carriage contains gold valued at three million dollars, which is to be used to hire troops in Europe to keep Maximilian on the throne. However, the Countess has her own plans with the gold and offers Ben and Joe to share it with her. But they are overheard by the Marquis de Labordere.
In a small town, the column was attacked by Juarists, but managed to escape. The Mexican Nina joins the column by driving a freight wagon, whose coachmen have been killed, out of town. When Joe's gang then becomes intrusive, Ben protects Nina from being attacked by the men.
Shortly before Vera Cruz, in Las Palmas, the countess meets with a captain who is supposed to bring her out of the country with the gold, but without Ben and Joe. But the Marquis gets ahead of her, he takes her prisoner and leaves the city with his soldiers and the gold. However, Ben, Joe and the rest of the gang pursue them immediately. At a bridge, the Juarists bring the carriage to overturn. However, since the gold is no longer in the carriage, the gang now joins the Juarists, for which they are to receive $ 100,000 after the conquest of Vera Cruz.
The Marquis de Labordere has meanwhile reached the Vera Cruz garrison , where the Countess is to be executed , in a freight car onto which he has reloaded the gold, as well as his soldiers and the Countess . But the next day the Juarists successfully storm Vera Cruz. Joe, who found out about the berth of her ship from the countess, does not want to leave the gold to the Juarists, nor share it with anyone and is also prepared to shoot one of his own people for it. He is killed by Ben in a duel. Ben leaves the scene alone, watched by Nina, while the Juaristas' families search for loved ones among the fallen.
background
The script , which wasn't finished in time, was based on a story by Borden Chase .
Leading actor Burt Lancaster worked right after Maasai - The Great Apache again with director Robert Aldrich . As a co-producer, he tried to interfere in the director's work , which was not well received by him:
“My collaboration with Lancaster at Apache led to Vera Cruz , but our collaboration turned out to be less friendly than we might have imagined. That was because, until he directed The Kentuckian , Burt believed he was born to be a director, and when you 're making your first big movie, like I was back then, you don't like it so much if someone keeps giving you clever advice the shoulder sees. We also had different views on the concept and the action. I think since Burt started making The Kentuckian he has become a better actor. "
The film was shot entirely in Mexico. For Gary Cooper it was the second western role after The Garden of Evil within the same year.
synchronization
The United Artists brought the first in Super Scope rotated -Breitwandformat film in May 1955 in the West German cinemas. The dubbing version was created in the same year by Ultra Film Synchron GmbH in Berlin. The dialogue book came from Marcel Valmy .
In this version, which is still in use today, Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster with Wolfgang Lukschy and Curt Ackermann got the German voices that were common for them in the first half of the 1950s. With Martin Held, an "established film and state theater star []" took part in a supporting role without his name being used in advertising. Harald Juhnke , who also played a supporting role, was about to become such an actor.
| role | actor | Dubbing voice |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Trane | Gary Cooper | Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Joe Erin | Burt Lancaster | Curt Ackermann |
| Countess Marie Duvarre | Denise Darcel | Tilly Lauenstein |
| Marquis Henri de Labordere | Cesar Romero | Peter Elsholtz |
| Nina | Sara Montiel | ? |
| Emperor Maximilian | George Macready | Martin hero |
| Tex | Jack Elam | Manfred Meurer |
| Donnegan | Ernest Borgnine | Bum Kruger |
| Little bit | James McCallion | ? |
| General Ramirez | Morris Ankrum | Walther Suessenguth |
| Abilene | James Seay | Heinz Giese |
| Captain Danette | Henry Brandon | Siegmar Schneider |
| Ballard | Archie Savage | Alexander Welbat |
| Pittsburgh | Charles Bronson | Harald Juhnke |
| Reno | Charles Horvath | ? |
| Charlie | Jack Lambert | Wolfgang Preiss |
| Pedro | Juan Garcia | Hans Emons |
| Ship captain | ? | Hans Hessling |
Reviews
“The brazenly imprecise script vacillates between cheerfulness and anger and mixes the sombrero- protected farmers, Spanish flamenco dancers and arrogant dragoons into a confused fandango . […] The pace is slow […], but director Robert Aldrich injects some effectiveness into the explosive battle scenes, which periodically prevents the audience from falling asleep. [...] Ernest Laszlo's low-set camera [seems] to be constantly on his knees in front of [Cooper] [...]. But Vera Cruz [...] belongs with everything he is worth, Burt Lancaster, who seduces Denise Darcel and performs many acrobatic tricks with a flashing, malicious grin, as if his teeth were charged with adrenaline . It's a delightful smear comedy performance [...]. Despite Aldrich's obvious respect for Cooper's ability, he could only give him an excellent silent moment in which Cooper's face - after killing Lancaster in the last shootout - expresses self-hatred and regret [...]. "
“A lavishly designed, superbly photographed and carefully staged western. The usual patterns of this genre are broken up again and again, with the result that the film condenses into a sometimes bitter study of human selfishness. Well played. "
“Vera Cruz is one of Robert Aldrich's most famous films. The brilliant partnership between two stars as different as Burt Lancaster and Gary Cooper ensured a popularity that gave rise to an entire western genre from the theme of American soldiers of fortune in Mexico's revolutionary wars. "
“Gary Cooper is the authentic western hero who instilled the psychology genre. […] On the other hand, Burt Lancaster, athletically built, a bursting powerhouse, formerly a circus artist: he pushes himself forward and to the show with a love of himself. [...] Two gringos in Operettenland, the opening sequence suggests all motives: the first encounter brings the first of many other financial transactions and fraudulent maneuvers. "
literature
- René Jordan: Gary Cooper. His films - his life. [Translated from English by Claudia Walter] (= Heyne Filmbibliothek . No. 25, edited by Thomas Jeier ). Heyne, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-453-86025-X [ Gary Cooper. A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies. New York 1974, Ger.], Pp. 152-154.
- Jean-Marc Bouineau, Alain Charlot and Jean-Pierre Frimbois: The 100 Best Western Movies. [Edited by Bernhard Matt. Translated from the French by Rudolf Kimmig] (= Heyne Filmbibliothek. No. 32/159). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1991 [Les 100 chefs d'oeuvre du western, 1989], ISBN 3-453-04935-7 .
- Joe Hembus : The Western Lexicon. 1567 films from 1894 to the present day . [With a foreword by Sergio Leone . Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus ] (= Heyne Filmbibliothek. No. 32/207). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1995 [first edition 1976], ISBN 3-453-08121-8 , pp. 680-682.
- Helmut Merker: Vera Cruz. In: Bernd Kiefer, Norbert Grob with the collaboration of Marcus Stiglegger (Ed.): Filmgenres. Western (= RUB . No. 18402). Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-018402-9 , pp. 175-181 [with references].
Web links
- Veracruz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Vera Cruz at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Vera Cruz in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films of the American Film Institute (English)
- Vera Cruz at Turner Classic Movies (English) (content)
- Vera Cruz in the All Movie Guide (English) (editorial rating: 4 out of 5, visitor rating)
- Vera Cruz in the online film database (plot, poster, rating by registered members, versions, links)
- Vera Cruz in The Movie Database (plot summary, visitor rating, posters, still photos )
- Vera Cruz on the web page of the television magazine Cinema (trailer, plot outline, actors, still photos, rating of the editorial team: 5 of 5, visitor rating)
- Vera Cruz on the web page of the TV magazine Prisma (still photos, plot outline, short review, rating of the editors: 4 out of 5, visitor rating)
- Four film posters in Filmposter-Archiv.de : No. 1 and No. 2 by Rolf Goetze , No. 3 and No. 4 by Unknown
- Twelve movie posters in posterdb.de
- Sound carrier with the film music on soundtrackcollector.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Aldrich. In: Charles Higham, Joel Greenberg (Eds.): The Celluloid Muse - Hollywood Directors Speak. Signet, New York, NY 1972 [first edition London 1969]. Quoted from the translation of a passage in: Joe Hembus: Das Western-Lexikon. 1567 films from 1894 to the present day . [Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus] (= Heyne Filmbibliothek . No. 32/207). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1995 [first edition 1976], ISBN 3-453-08121-8 , p. 682.
- ^ Tino Balio: United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisc. 1987, ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4 , p. 79.
- ↑ Vera Cruz (1954) . In: AFI Catalog of Feature Films of the American Film Institute , accessed on 7 July 2020th
- ↑ Release info on Vera Cruz . In: Internet Movie Database , accessed July 7, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German voices. Lexicon of voice actors. 3rd improved, supplemented edition. Schüren, Marburg 2013 [1. Edition 2001], ISBN 978-3-89472-812-0 , p. 417.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Vera Cruz . In: synchrondatenbank.de . Synchronous database , accessed June 7, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Vera Cruz (1954). In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on July 7, 2020 .
- ↑ See [list of speakers G. Cooper] and [list of speakers B. Lancaster] . In: synchronkartei.de . German dubbing index , accessed on June 7, 2020.
- ↑ Thomas Bräutigam, Nils Daniel Peiler: Knowledge potentials of a preoccupation with film synchronization. In: Thomas Bräutigam, Nils Daniel Peiler (ed.): Film in the transfer process. Transdisciplinary studies on film synchronization (= Marburg writings on media research. Volume 58). Schüren, Marburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-89472-926-4 , pp. 13–28, here 23 f.
- ↑ René Jordan: Gary Cooper. His films - his life. [Translated from English by Claudia Walter] (= Heyne Filmbibliothek , edited by Thomas Jeier). Heyne, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-453-86025-X , pp. 152-154 [ Gary Cooper. A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies. New York 1974, German].
- ↑ Vera Cruz. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 7, 2020 . .
- ↑ Vera Cruz on prisma.de, accessed on September 8, 2012.
- ↑ Helmut Merker: Vera Cruz. In: Bernd Kiefer, Norbert Grob with the collaboration of Marcus Stiglegger (Ed.): Filmgenres. Western (= RUB No. 18402). Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-018402-9 , pp. 175-181, here 176 f.