Between Heaven and Hell (1993)

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Movie
German title Between heaven and hell
Original title Heaven & Earth
Country of production France , USA
original language English , Vietnamese
Publishing year 1993
length 140 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Oliver Stone
script Oliver Stone
production A. Kitman Ho ,
Robert Kline ,
Arnon Milchan ,
Oliver Stone
music Kitaro
camera Robert Richardson
cut David Brenner ,
Sally Menke
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Born on July 4th

Between Heaven and Hell (Original title: Heaven & Earth ) is an American anti-war film directed by Oliver Stone from 1993 . The German dubbing was done by the dubbing company: Deutsche Synchron Film GmbH, Berlin, and Michael Richter was responsible for the dialogue direction.

The film is based on the books Born in Vietnam. The story of a courageous woman (original title: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places ) by Le Ly Hayslip and Jay Wurts and Born in Vietnam - live in USA. The life path of a brave woman (original title: Child of War, Woman of Peace ) by Le Ly Hayslip and James Hayslip .

action

Le Ly is the daughter of a rice farmer in the village of Ky La in central Vietnam . She works with her mother and siblings in the fields at home. In her free time she devotes herself to the worship of her ancestors . The horrors of war are on the horizon. At night the Communist Viet Cong approach the village. Le Ly was 12 years old when the first US soldier landed in the family's rice field in 1965. Your life changes forever. Le Ly supports the communists and gets caught between the fronts. First she is interrogated and tortured by the South Vietnamese government troops , then they accuse the Viet Cong of treason and rape them. After the birth of an illegitimate child in Da Nang , she made her way as a black market trader until US Sergeant Steve Butler courted her. In 1970 Le Ly escapes to San Diego with the help of Butler . But the supposed paradise turns out to be a nightmare. The racism in everyday life and the unresolved trauma of Vietnam her husband make their lives a living hell. Butler admits to targeting and brutally killing many people in black operations. Butler commits suicide during the divorce. After that, Le Ly finally returns to Ky La with her sons as a now wealthy American. For the first time in 16 years she sees home again. There, too, the wounds of the war have not healed.

criticism

"After a hard, impressive beginning, approaches to psychological and philosophical deepening are lost in unrestrained sentimentality and caricature."

- Lexicon of international film

background

After Platoon (1986) and Born on July 4th (1989), Oliver Stone wanted to describe the events from the point of view of the Vietnamese people in the last part of his Vietnam trilogy. For his screenplay he used the autobiographical novels When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War, Woman of Peace by Le Ly Hayslip.

An elaborate casting process was organized in several American cities, Hong Kong and Bangkok for the female lead , in which 16,000 female candidates took part.

With a budget of around 33 million, the film only grossed 5 million at the US box office.

Awards (selection)

Composer Kitaro was awarded a Golden Globe for this film .

Soundtrack

The music used in the film includes contributions by Donovan , Procol Harum and BB Chung King & The Buddaheads as well as ritual music from Tibetan Buddhism.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Between Heaven and Hell (1993) German synchronization . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ Between heaven and hell. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ cf. Ebert, Roger: Oliver Stone Concludes His Vietnam Trilogy . In: Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 26, 1993, Show, p. 1.
  4. ^ Heaven & Earth , boxofficemojo.com