Die 39 Stufen

Originaltitel: The Thirty Nine Steps

1978
12
1 Std. 42 Min.

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David Warner, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, and Robert Powell in Die 39 Stufen (1978)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuIn March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.

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6,6/10

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Wissenswertes
This movie is considered the most faithful of the three screen versions of John Buchan's source novel, despite the addition of the Big Ben clock-tower finale (which was borrowed from Will Hay's My Learned Friend (1943)), which was not in the book.

Patzer
Whilst in Scotland, as a guest at the ancestral home and on the heaths, Hannay, wears Cherry Red Dr Marten Airwear boots (first invented in 1960). These are first seen under a chair whilst he is changing in the bedroom.

Zitate
Hannay: I thought he was a harmless lunatic!

Crazy Credits
SPOILER: Closing credits epilogue: Edward Appleton was convicted of treason in May 1914.

And thanks to Richard Hannay, Britain gained valuable time to prepare for The Great War.

Verbindungen
Edited into The Clock (2010)

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7/10

Not the story as written

R Houghton's review claims that "...with this version, we finally get the story as it was written."

This is a very long way from true. To note only three departures, the thirty-nine steps of the original text do not refer to the steps leading up to Beg Ben, but to a staircase leading from a house in Bradgate down to the sea; in the original text, Scudder is knifed in Hannay's flat; and the scene of Hannay clinging to the hands of the clock appears nowhere in Buchan's novel.

But all that said, this production is a fine piece of work in its own right, having great pace, style and atmosphere, and with some first-class acting from Robert Powell.