Süd Pazifik

Originaltitel: South Pacific

1958
Approved
2 Std. 37 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

10.292

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.908

4.032

Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in Süd Pazifik (1958)

Home Video Extra (Clip) from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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66 Fotos

Drama Musical Romance War

Auf einer südpazifischen Insel während des Zweiten Weltkriegs erblüht die Liebe zwischen einer jungen Krankenschwester und einem geheimnisvollen Franzosen, der für eine gefährliche Militärmi... Alles lesenAuf einer südpazifischen Insel während des Zweiten Weltkriegs erblüht die Liebe zwischen einer jungen Krankenschwester und einem geheimnisvollen Franzosen, der für eine gefährliche Militärmission angeworben wird.Auf einer südpazifischen Insel während des Zweiten Weltkriegs erblüht die Liebe zwischen einer jungen Krankenschwester und einem geheimnisvollen Franzosen, der für eine gefährliche Militärmission angeworben wird.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

10.292

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.908

4.032

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 1 Gewinn & 10 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Juanita Hall, who had played Bloody Mary in the original Broadway production, obviously sang her own songs onstage, but was dubbed in the film version at the request of composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers and musical director Alfred Newman brought in Muriel Smith (who had played Bloody Mary in London).

Patzer
The appearance of African Americans as Seabees is not an error. Over 12,000 such sailors served in the Construction Brigades, despite segregation in other parts of the WWII military.

Zitate
Lt. Cable: [Cable has been told that Nellie is in love with Emile] That's hard to believe, sir; they tell me he's a middle-aged man.
Capt. George Brackett: [fuming] Cable, it is a common mistake for boys of your age and athletic ability to underestimate men who have reached their maturity. Young women frequently find older men attractive, strange as it may seem. I myself am over fifty. I am a bachelor. And Cable, I do not, by any means, consider myself th-r-rough.
[to Harbison, who is trying not to laugh]
Capt. George Brackett: What's the matter, Bill?
Cmdr. Bill Harbison: Nothing - -evidently!
[He bursts out laughing]

Alternative Versionen
The 1999 DVD contains some scenes where the color filters are either more subtle or completely removed compared to previous versions. However, the filters were reinstated for the 2006 DVD and 2009 Blu-Ray.

Verbindungen
Featured in New York 1991 - Nacht ohne Gesetz (1983)

Soundtracks
South Pacific Overture
(1949) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by the 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra Conducted by Alfred Newman

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Josh Logan's colour-filter paradise

This slush-fest version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's famous musical suffers on the small screen because of its constant use of colour filters during the songs. On a big screen, this looks great, but just looks odd on TV.

This aside, though, this film of 'South Pacific' has much to enjoy. Mitzi Gaynor is a bubbly personality and is clearly enjoying herself as Nellie Forbush, 'washing that man out of her hair' and so on. Rossano Brazzi is charming as Emile (the singing is expertly done by Giorgio Tozzi); we can have a pang of regret that Ezio Pinza was seen to be too old to play the role by the time the film appeared - his work with Mary Martin in the original cast survives in cast recordings - but Brazzi looks the part.

John Kerr is a bit of a wet fish as Lt. Cable, while Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary is excellent, and Ray Walston as Luther, and France Nuyen as Liat, make an impression in smaller roles. The musical numbers are done extremely well - 'Bali Ha'i', 'I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy', 'Some Enchanted Evening', 'Younger Than Springtime', and 'Happy Talk' and the rest.

Where the film does flag is in the sequences where Emile and Cable go to the island to report on the Japanese invaders. This was handled rather better in the 1990s remake, and also moves along better in the stage version. Here, it clashes a bit with the romantic overtones of the rest of the production.