Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Movie)

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Movie
German title Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
Original title Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1966
length 131 minutes
Age rating FSK 18/16 (newly checked)
Rod
Director Mike Nichols
script Edward Albee (play)
Ernest Lehman
production Ernest Lehman
music Alex North
camera Haskell Wexler
cut Sam O'Steen
occupation

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Original title Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ) Is a 1966 adaptation of the play of the same name by Edward Albee , which received five Oscars . The film was the directorial debut of US director Mike Nichols and was designed by Warner produced. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fight a merciless gender battle in the leading roles.

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The historian George has become a cynic ; his wife Martha cannot come to terms with the process of aging. Their younger neighbors Nick and Honey are visiting them on a Saturday evening. In front of their shocked guests, George and Martha deliver a psycho-duel fueled by alcohol, in which the frustrations that have built up in twenty years of marriage break out and life's lies are broken. Through provocations (game "Bums die Hausfrau") and humiliation (game "Get the guests ready"), George and Martha also drag the younger couple into the argument.

Adaptation

Warner initially envisaged Bette Davis and James Mason for the leading roles , but then hired Taylor and Burton, whose turbulent married life was known in the press and thus promised strong publicity for the film. Taylor's salary was $ 1 million and Burton's $ 750,000. Both also received 10% of the profits, so their total revenue from the film ended up being more than $ 6 million.

The film version is slightly different from the play. The stage version contains only four characters, while there are two other supporting roles in the film - the innkeeper at a rest stop who speaks a few words and his wife who serves a tray of drinks and then quietly disappears. They were played by the film's lighting technician, Frank Flanagan, and his wife Agnes.

In the play, the scene is exclusively Martha's and George's house. In the film, there is also a scene in the aforementioned rest house, one in George and Martha's yard and one in their car. Regardless of these minor changes, the film sticks very closely to the play. The filmmakers used the original play, apart from a softening of the language - Martha's "Go to the devil" becomes "God curse you" - practically all dialogue was left in its original form.

The film was one of the most commercially successful of 1966. The rental rents it earned were $ 14.5 million. He grossed a total of $ 31.6 million.

synchronization

The film was dubbed by Ultra-Film in 1966 .

role actor Voice actor
George Richard Burton Holger Hagen
Martha Elizabeth Taylor Hannelore Schroth
Nick George Segal Klaus Kindler
Honey Sandy Dennis Heidi Fischer
Innkeeper Frank Flanagan Eric Jelde

Reviews

“The initially seemingly harmless skirmishes of an aging academic couple, despite the presence of their younger neighbors, increase to relentless exposure and reckoning: hatred, feelings of inferiority and fears of life break out, men and women tear themselves apart in accusations of blame and cynical self-pity. An effective film adaptation of Albee's play, which impresses above all with the elegant cinematic resolution and the theatrical presence of the two main actors. "

- Lexicon of international film

“Mike Nichols filmed Edward Albee's play, which caused a sensation in the early 1960s. The film also met with a brilliant response and was awarded five "Oscars". Perhaps the clearest one went to Elizabeth Taylor, who portrays Martha so unsurpassably vulgar. Otherwise you can clearly see the origin of the material in the film: Everything takes place in a small space, the plot is only carried forward through long dialogues. Filmed theater - unfortunately not anymore. "

- Frank Ehrlacher on moviemaster.de

“An intelligent film adaptation of the famous play of the same name by Edward Albee, which is characterized above all by extraordinary acting achievements, about a marriage that has been completely destroyed both socially and emotionally. Particularly hard in content and form. Mature to recommend to people. "

- Protestant film observer

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 36560-b / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in the German dubbing index
  3. ↑ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? sS moviemaster.de
  4. ↑ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , Review No. 14/1967