Four sisters (film)
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German title | Four sisters |
Original title | Little Women |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1933 |
length | 115 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
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Director | George Cukor |
script |
Sarah Y. Mason , Victor Heerman |
production |
Kenneth Macgowan for RKO Pictures |
music | Max Steiner |
camera | Henry Gerrard |
cut | Jack Kitchin |
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Four sisters (Original title: Little Women ) is an American drama directed by George Cukor from 1933. The film shows the life of the four March sisters who have to get by in poor conditions. They are supported by their mother's love while their father fights in the Northern Army in the Civil War . The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott served as a literary model . The film was produced by RKO .
action
Just before Christmas, Father Robin March serving in the American Civil War in the Army of Northern States as military chaplain . His lovely wife Margaret "Marmee", quirky aunt Josephine March and his four daughters live in the March house. These must contribute to the support of the family.
- Meg (Margaret, 16 years old) works as a kindergarten teacher and brings up her sisters.
- The boyish Jo (Josephine, 15 years old) is employed by her rich aunt as a companion. She wants to be a writer.
- Beth (Elizabeth, 13 years old) plays an old piano and loves cats.
- Amy, 12 years old, is selfish and vain and still goes to school.
The girls each receive a generous gift of money from their aunt, and they lively discuss how it should be used. After a little rehearsal for a play, the mother comes home. She reads a few lines from the father's new letter to his “little women”, whereupon the girls refresh their good intentions and redistribute the money for gifts. On Christmas Day, Amy surprises her sisters with an act of selfless generosity before breakfast. The mother comes home and is happily given. Afterwards, the breakfast that everyone was looking forward to is given away to a poor family.
The performance of the written by Jo theater play The Witch's Curse ( The Witch's Curse ), which is designed in all its functions and roles of the sisters, ends after a breakdown on stage in a riot. In compensation for the missed breakfast, Mr. Laurence across the street sends a dinner. Jo thanks them with the ulterior motive of getting to know the donor's grandson Laurie. When Jo visits the Laurence house, the two quickly get closer. Grandfather Laurence accompanies Jo home.
Meg and Jo attend a ball at the rich Laurences. At first Jo refuses several requests to dance, but then lets Laurie dance in the hall. Meg falls in love with Laurie's Head of House, Mr. John Brooke. It turns out that Jo is receiving money for a serial novel. Grandfather Laurence gives Beth a magnificent piano. Amy's drawing talent develops.
A telegram announced that Father March was in the hospital. Mother March leaves for Washington DC with Mr. Brooke. Jo surprises the sisters with a reading from their serial novel. Beth falls ill with scarlet fever and threatens to die. But before the mother is back, Beth will get well again and father March will also return well. Meg eventually marries Mr. Brooke, while Laurie confesses his deep love to Jo. Jo claims not to be able to return this. However, she confesses to her mother that she also loves Laurie.
Jo travels to New York, where she wants to earn a living by looking after children. She meets Professor Fritz Bhaer, who gives language lessons, and falls in love with him while playing the piano. Professor Bhaer encourages her to continue writing. After visiting an opera, Jo is absolutely thrilled.
Aunt March starts the trip to Europe with Amy, which Jo was originally supposed to take. Meanwhile, Meg has twins and Beth dies from a relapse of scarlet fever. Amy and Laurie meet in Europe and get married. Jo seems to be left without a partner. But then Professor Bhaer appears with Jo's book and proposes to her.
Reviews
At Rotten Tomatoes , the film has, based on 16 reviews, a positive rating of 94% with 9.8 points as average rating. Four sisters is considered to be one of the most successful adaptations of the novel. The Vatican added the film to its 1995 film list .
“Sentimental film adaptation of the youth classic of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. With skill and sensitivity, Cukor has taken the sappy tones of the novel; Above all, Katharine Hepburn's art of acting breaks the point of the occasional honesty. "
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1934 , the film was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay category. He was also nominated for an Oscar in the categories of Best Film and Best Director .
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created in 1978 at Studio Hamburg Synchron in view of an ARD television broadcast .
role | actor | Voice actor |
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Jo March | Katharine Hepburn | Katrin Schaake |
Amy March | Joan Bennett | Heidi Schaffrath |
Meg March | Frances Dee | Anita Lochner |
Beth March | Jean Parker | Heidi Berndt |
Marmee March | Spring Byington | Christa Berndl |
Aunt March | Edna May Oliver | Katharina Brauren |
Theodore "Laurie" Laurence | Douglass Montgomery | Andreas von der Meden |
Grandfather Laurence | Henry Stephenson | Richard Münch |
John Brooke | John Davis Lodge | Dénes Törzs |
Further film adaptations of the novel
- 1949: Little Brave Jo ( Little Women ) - USA - Director: Mervyn LeRoy , with June Allyson , Janet Leigh and Elizabeth Taylor
- 1978 Little Women - USA - Director: David Lowell Rich, with Susan Dey , Meredith Baxter , Greer Garson and William Shatner
- 1994: Betty and Her Sisters ( Little Women ) - USA / Canada - Director: Gillian Armstrong , with Winona Ryder , Kirsten Dunst , Gabriel Byrne and Susan Sarandon
- 2018: Little Women - USA - Director: Clare Niederpruem , with Sarah Davenport , Lea Thompson , Allie Jennings , Melanie Stone and Lucas Grabeel
- 2019: Little Women - USA - Director: Greta Gerwig , with Emma Watson , Saoirse Ronan , Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen
literature
- Louisa May Alcott : Betty and her sisters . Arena, 3rd edition, 1999, ISBN 3-401-04675-6 .
- Louisa May Alcott: Betty and her sisters . cbj, 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-22102-0 .
- Louisa May Alcott: Little Women . Signet Classics, 2004, ISBN 0-451-52930-8 , 464 pp. (English)
Web links
- Four sisters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Four sisters at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Four sisters at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Little Women. Accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Four sisters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Gereon Stein: Four Sisters. In: synchrondatenbank.de. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .