Two cities

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Movie
German title Two cities
Original title A Tale of Two Cities
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 1958
length 110 minutes
Rod
Director Ralph Thomas
script TEB Clarke
production Betty Box
music Richard Addinsell
camera Ernest Steward
cut Alfred Roome
occupation

Two cities (original title: A Tale of Two Cities ) is a British black and white film by Ralph Thomas from 1958. The script was written by TEB Clarke . It is based on the 1859 novel " A Story from Two Cities " by Charles Dickens . The leading roles are starring Dirk Bogarde , Dorothy Tutin , Paul Guers and Marie Versini . In the Federal Republic of Germany , the work had its premiere on August 16, 1969 in the ARD program .

action

The descendant of a noble family from Paris , who cannot come to terms with his uncle's exploitation, moves to London , takes on another name and marries Lucie, the daughter of the doctor Manette. He still has to fight off an uncle's intrigue , but the young, somewhat unstable paralegal Sydney Carton, who is also in love with the doctor's daughter, is at his side. The outbreak of the French Revolution prevented a secure future for the French; he returns to Paris after learning that the administrator of his property has been arrested and sentenced to death by a revolutionary tribunal . Sydney Carton, who sees the fiasco coming, travels after him and, because he can no longer see any meaning for his life, sacrifices himself for the rival for his beloved woman, who is also sentenced to death , by climbing the scaffold instead . He hopes that through his death, at least, he will be able to gain respect and love from the people he has sorely missed up to now.

criticism

The lexicon of international film notes succinctly that the film is “excitingly staged” and “well played”. The Protestant film observer justifies his recommendation (from 14 years) as follows: “Although the film […] is based on a rather adventurous plot, it offers more than just suspense entertainment. Above all, the ironic view of the revolution, which reverses the situation, but does not improve it, but only allows hunters and victims to swap places, gives the viewer the opportunity to reflect and reflect. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This is also the German translation of the original title.
  2. ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 382/1969, page 375
  3. ↑ Lexicon of International Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 4473