Vulcano (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Volcano |
| Original title | Volcano |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1950 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | William Dieterle |
| script | Renzo Avanzo |
| production | William Dieterle, Arthur Oliver |
| music | Enzo Masetti |
| camera | Arturo Gallea |
| cut | Giancarlo Cappelli |
| occupation | |
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Vulcano is a black and white Italian film directed by William Dieterle in 1949. The leading roles are cast with Anna Magnani and Rossano Brazzi . Renzo Avanzo wrote the script . The film first hit cinemas in Italy on February 2, 1950, and in the Federal Republic of Germany on January 18 the following year. The film was shot to a certain extent in competition with Stromboli .
action
Maddalena returns to her homeland on the Italian island of Vulcano off the north coast of Sicily . Before that she had lived in Naples for 18 years , but was expelled from the city by the local customs police because of her immoral conduct. Most of the island's residents are hostile to the young woman because they know her past. They even prevent her from attending Holy Mass.
Maddalena soon meets her younger sister Maria, who was just a toddler when she last saw her, and her younger brother Nino, whom she had never seen. Maddalena would like to leave the island as soon as possible, but her conscience commands her to take responsibility for her inexperienced siblings. Maria made friends with Donato, a man of low disposition, who is said to be looking for sponges on the coast, but in truth a pot of gold. The longer Maddalena stays on the island, the more she realizes the danger that threatens her sister, especially since she used to be subject to the same temptation herself. After Donato went back down to the seabed in a diving suit, Maddalena seized what was supposed to be the last chance to save her sister from the crook: She let the pump wheel rotate more and more slowly until it stopped and the diver's breath was cut off.
At the place where the washed up body was found, the police discovered all sorts of documents that suggest that Donato was a wanted marriage swindler and girl trafficker. Thus Maddalena is considered rehabilitated. Maddalena does not learn anything about this; because when the volcano erupts again and destroys many buildings, Maddalena is buried under rubble.
Production notes
The film was shot from July to August 1949 on the Aeolian Islands , mainly on Salina . The premiere took place on February 25, 1950 in Rome, the German premiere on January 18, 1951 in Stuttgart (Planie), the US premiere on June 5, 1953.
criticism
The Lexicon of International Films came to the following assessment: "Despite its proximity to colportage, a film with a poetic note and theatrical quality (Magnani)."
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Film-Programm , published by H. Klemmer & Co., Frankfurt am Main, without number
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm (William) Dieterle - actor, director . In: CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg. 22, F 36
- ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2076