Viva Maria!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Viva Maria! |
| Original title | Viva Maria! |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Louis Malle |
| script | Louis Malle Jean-Claude Carrière |
| production | Óscar Dancigers |
| music | Georges Delerue |
| camera | Henri Decaë |
| cut |
Suzanne Baron Kenout Peltier |
| occupation | |
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Viva Maria! is a feature film by the French film director Louis Malle from 1965. The western comedy is based on an original screenplay by Malle and Jean-Claude Carrière and was produced by Les Productions Artistes Associés, the Nouvelles Éditions de Films and Vides Cinematografica. The German-language premiere took place on January 27, 1966.
action
Maria I, a wanted national-Irish terrorist, and Maria II, a trained actress and singing song, meet by chance in a circus wagon in the fictional Central American state of San Miguel . The two protagonists teach each other what they do best: revolution and love. They also invent the striptease . Until the glorious victory over nasty dictators and arch-conservative and cunning clerics , they have to endure many dangers, captures and even medieval torture (unharmed, of course), until love finally wins and the splendid appearance in Paris beckons.
Reviews
"A full film full of absurdity and sparkling serenity, which arouses thoughtfulness through intelligent cheerfulness."
"Lively satire with two sex symbols."
“A parody of the adventure film, staged with enormous effort, which moves carefree between bloody seriousness and grotesque comedy, Hollywood-style spectacle and eccentric effects in the style of" Nouvelle Vague ". Excellent staged and top-class cast. "
“French star and super film, a spirited collection of gags, their preparation, their humor and means sometimes remain ambivalent. With this restriction possible from 16 onwards. "
Awards
Louis Male's adventure comedy was awarded the Grand prix du cinéma français for best French film in 1965. Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot were nominated for the British Film Academy Award in 1967 . Jeanne Moreau won this award for best foreign actress . Bardot was honored with the French Étoile de Cristal as best actress in 1966 .
Remarks
- Gregor von Rezzori described the five months of filming in Mexico from January to June 1965 and, above all, scenes with the actresses and other actors in The Dead in Their Places. Diary of the film "Viva Maria" .
Bardot and Moreau sing the movie songs Paris, Paris, Paris , Les Petites femmes and Maria Maria . Ralf Bendix sang the German version of the title song .
Web links
- Viva Maria! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 438
- ↑ tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ Viva Maria! in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 1, 2012.
- ↑ Critique No. 47/1966, p. 103
- ^ Gregor von Rezzori: The dead in their places . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1966.