Le jongleur

Titre original : The Juggler

1953
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1h 24min

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Kirk Douglas and Milly Vitale in Le jongleur (1953)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he can't adjust to peacetime life.In 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he can't adjust to peacetime life.In 1949, former concentration camp inmate and Berlin native Hans Muller, immigrates to Israel where, due to psychological problems, he can't adjust to peacetime life.

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- 1 victoire au total

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Rôles principaux48

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Kirk Douglas

Hans Muller

Milly Vitale

Ya'El

Paul Stewart

Detective Karni

Joseph Walsh

Yehoshua Bresler
(as Joey Walsh)

Alf Kjellin

Daniel

Beverly Washburn

Susy

Charles Lane

Rosenberg

John Banner

Emile Halevy

Richard Benedict

Police Officer Kogan

Oskar Karlweis

Willy Schmidt

Ralph Moody

Mukhtar
(scènes coupées)

Marlene Aames

Hannah
(non crédité)

Victor Adamson

Refugee
(non crédité)

Jay Adler

Papa Sander - Susy's Father
(non crédité)

Leon Alton

Bus Driver
(non crédité)

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

Telephone Girl
(non crédité)

Walter Bacon

Audience Member
(non crédité)

John Bleifer

Mordecai
(non crédité)

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Anecdotes
The film is based on author Michael Blankfort's novel with the same title. Initially, producer Stanley Kramer wanted author Michael Blankfort to direct the film but Blankfort was refused a passport for travel to Israel by the United States State Department because Blankfort had been a Communist many years earlier. Kramer reassigned the film to director Edward Dmytryk who served almost a year in prison in 1948 after being convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to divulge his political affiliations. After his release from prison, Dmytryk moved to England but returned to the U.S. and gave testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and, as a result, was removed from the film industry blacklist.

Citations
Registration Official at Haifa: Name?
Hans Muller: [softly] Hans Muller
Registration Official at Haifa: You have to speak louder
Hans Muller: HANS MULLER's my name
Registration Official at Haifa: A little softer please. Place of birth?
Hans Muller: Germany... Munich... Beautiful city
Registration Official at Haifa: Occupation before the war?
Hans Muller: You wouldn't believe me
Registration Official at Haifa: I'll believe anything
Hans Muller: I was a juggler.
Registration Official at Haifa: What?
Hans Muller: A juggler
[pantomimes juggling balls in the air]
Registration Official at Haifa: We need a juggler like a hole in the head. What can you do besides throwing things up in the air and catching them?
Hans Muller: My dear sir, to say I throw things up in the air and catch them is like saying Shakespeare just wrote words. Would you care to see my scrapbook?
Registration Official at Haifa: No. Show it when you look for a job... if there are any for jugglers
Hans Muller: I'm retired. I havent thrown up anything but bad food in ten years
Registration Official at Haifa: So what else can you do?
Hans Muller: I can wash dishes, sweep barracks, clean toilets. I can also smile while being beaten by fists, feet, straps and long rubber hoses. I can be used as a guinea pig for new drugs and old poisons. All of which we learned as guests of the Nazis.

Connexions
Featured in The Dick Cavett Show: Kirk Douglas (1971)

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A hidden treasure

I haven't seen this movie in years, although I remember seeing it when it was first available in the 50's when I was a child and later in the 90's when it was on TV. I recall that Douglas' acting was not as convincing as it could have been, but then the character was deeply disturbed by the War and resettlement in Israel. I recall that scenes of Israel were very convincing. I have relatives in Israel and some of them visited us in the 50's, so I learned a lot about life in Israel. Finally, I recall a wonderful child actor in this movie who does more than anyone else to draw us into the drama. Fifty years later, this film now takes on even more importance as an historical document. I hope it is released on DVD soon.