Der Butler

Originaltitel: The Butler

2013
12
2 Std. 12 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,2/10

120.904

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.990

112

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

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Als Butler im Weißen Haus dient Cecil Gaines insgesamt acht Präsidenten - eine lange Zeit, in der das Leben seiner Familie und die amerikanische Gesellschaft von der Bürgerrechtsbewegung, de... Alles lesenAls Butler im Weißen Haus dient Cecil Gaines insgesamt acht Präsidenten - eine lange Zeit, in der das Leben seiner Familie und die amerikanische Gesellschaft von der Bürgerrechtsbewegung, dem Vietnamkrieg und anderen wichtigen Ereignissen beeinflusst werden.Als Butler im Weißen Haus dient Cecil Gaines insgesamt acht Präsidenten - eine lange Zeit, in der das Leben seiner Familie und die amerikanische Gesellschaft von der Bürgerrechtsbewegung, dem Vietnamkrieg und anderen wichtigen Ereignissen beeinflusst werden.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,2/10

120.904

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

4.990

112

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Nominiert für 2 BAFTA Awards
- 16 Gewinne & 55 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The character of Cecil Gaines was based on Eugene Allen, who served as White House butler for over 30 years and 8 presidents: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. Much of the detail is fictionalized for this movie.

Patzer
When Cecil talks to Louis at the bus station, as Louis leaves for college, they walk through a motion-activated bi-part sliding door. The scene is set between 1957 and 1961. The first automatic sliding doors were invented in 1960, and were activated by stepping on a floor mat. Motion sensors were developed in the late 1980s.

Zitate
Cecil Gaines: America has always turned a blind eye to what we done to our own. We look out to the world and judge. We hear about the concentration camps but these camps went on for two hundred years right here in America.

Verbindungen
Featured in The Butler: An American Story (2013)

Soundtracks
Piano Concerto in A Minor Op. 54-1
Written by Robert Schumann
Performed by The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Kenneth Klein
Gerald Robbins, piano
Courtesy of MSR Classics
By Arrangement with Fine Gold Music

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8/10

In a timid year, this film is a flawed, but essential, jolt to the system

The Butler (Daniels, 2013, B+)

This should have been a punchline. At least, that's what I was walking in expecting. From the overblown marketing to the downright bizarre cast, it had all the trimmings of a pure turkey. Here's the thing, though... It's not. The film is not a facsimile of historical events, it is an invigoration of them and despite the relatively classical style on display, Lee Daniels brings a real brio to the proceedings. It helps that he has Whitaker to make it all stick as the film's unfailingly warm and engaging center. Even in the first 20-30 minutes when the film is struggling to find its legs, his performance is an unmannered beauty. The rest of the actors are also galvanized into action, proving that verisimilitude is not the highest criteria for historical fiction. This is a film as powerful, as beautiful, as unlikely, and as raggedly imperfect as the country it chronicles.