Der Komödiant

Originaltitel: The Entertainer

1960
Not Rated
1 Std. 36 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Laurence Olivier and Shirley Anne Field in Der Komödiant (1960)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuArchie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

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7,1/10

3897

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Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
According to the April 21, 1958, edition of Time Magazine, as an addendum to its cover story on Sir Alec Guinness, in 1957, Sir Laurence Olivier turned down a Hollywood offer of two hundred fifty thousand dollars for one movie. Instead of making the movie and pocketing the cash, Olivier preferred to take on the role of Archie Rice in this movie (a role written specifically for him) at the Princely sum of forty-five pounds sterling per week.

Patzer
When Jean is with her grandfather on the promenade; some of the background people in the crowd are either looking at the camera or reacting out of character to the film shooting of the principal actors.

Zitate
Archie Rice: Look at these eyes. I'm dead - behind these eyes. I'm dead.

Verbindungen
Featured in V.I.P.-Schaukel: Folge #7.1 (1977)

Soundtracks
Why Should I Care?
(uncredited)
Music by John Addison
Lyrics by John Osborne
Performed by Laurence Olivier
Played occasionally in the score

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Fascinating, a must-see.

"The Entertainer" is a fascinating film based on the play by John Osborne ("Look Back in Anger"); Osborne co-wrote the screenplay.

Olivier plays Archie Rice, a fading entertainer in a fading medium (music halls) in a fading empire (the Suez crisis of 1956 figures into the action).

Archie's speech to his daughter (Joan Plowright), onstage in an empty theater, about being dead behind his eyes, is especially memorable.

Along with other fine actors, Alan Bates and Albert Finney as his sons flesh out this film, which is a must-see for fans of any of these actors.