Never leave me again
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Never leave me again |
| Original title | Escape Me Never |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1935 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Czinner |
| script |
Robert Cullen , Carl Zuckermann |
| production | Herbert Wilcox |
| music | William Walton |
| camera |
Sepp Allgeier , Georges Périnal , Freddie Young |
| cut | David Lean |
| occupation | |
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Leave me never again is a British film drama made in 1935 by Paul Czinner , after a play by Margaret Kennedy .
action
Under a pretext, Gemma Jones arrives at a party held by Sir Ivor and Lady McClean in their Venetian palace. Gemma is caught and tells her story.
Gemma is homeless and an unmarried mother. Her son is the result of a relationship with Sebastian, a son of the famous composer Sanger. The McCleans are now concerned about their daughter Fenella, who is engaged to Caryle, the composer's second son.
The McCleans leave Venice and travel to the Dolomites. Gemma meets Caryle and realizes that the McCleans judged prematurely. Sebastian, Caryle and Gemma set out for the mountains to find Fenella. Sebastian is the first to meet Fenella, who immediately falls in love with him. Gemma quickly clears up the misunderstanding and brings Fenella and Caryle back together.
Sebastian, Gemma and Gemma's son travel back to London. Sebastian is preparing a ballet performance there. Gemma works as a maid to provide for her family and to relieve Sebastian. Sebastian and Gemma get married, but Sebastian still meets Fenella. Gemma is aware of her husband's infidelity. She visits Fenella and makes it clear to her that Sebastian is selfish and only true to himself.
While Sebastian is working hard on his ballet, Gemma's son becomes seriously ill. Gemma seeks Sebastian in her distress, but she is thrown out of the opera house as a troublemaker. Gemma's son dies on the evening of the premiere, which is a great success. Since Gemma is not present at the premiere, Fenella asks Sebastian, who has not noticed the illness and death of the child, to run away with her. Caryle finds out about the situation. In his anger and jealousy, he seeks out his brother. It gets to the point that Caryle almost kills Sebastian with his bare hands. That brings Sebastian to reason. He returns to Gemma when he realizes his selfishness.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films described the film as a melodrama that only knows how to convince in one thing: Elisabeth Bergner's theatrical masterpiece.
Andre Sennwald of the New York Times, on the other hand, wrote of an admirable film version of the play that was a huge improvement on the original.
Awards
Elisabeth Bergner received an Oscar nomination for best leading actress in 1936 .
background
The film was premiered in the USA on May 23, 1935 in New York. In Germany it appeared as a TV premiere on August 24, 1982 on ZDF .
Elisabeth Bergner and Leon Quartermaine played their roles from the play here.
In 1947, a remake of the same name was filmed, directed by Peter Godfrey, this time with Errol Flynn and Ida Lupino in the lead roles.
Web links
- Never leave me again in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Never leave me again. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Critique of the New York Times (Eng.)