The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Regisseur:

William Wyler

Drehbuchautoren:

MacKinlay Kantor (novel)
Robert E. Sherwood (writer)

Premierendatum:

3. Oktober 1947 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Samuel Goldwyn's greatest production

Plot:

Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

Plot Keywords:

Conversation With Character Playing Piano | Deep Focus | Handicapped Actor | Disability | Famous Score

Filmpreise:

Won 7 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Dana Andrews

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 22

3:30 PM

TCM

Besetzung

Myrna Loy	...	Milly Stephenson
Fredric March	...	Al Stephenson
Dana Andrews	...	Fred Derry
Teresa Wright	...	Peggy Stephenson
Virginia Mayo	...	Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell	...	Wilma Cameron
Hoagy Carmichael	...	Butch Engle
Harold Russell	...	Homer Parrish
Gladys George	...	Hortense Derry
Roman Bohnen	...	Pat Derry
Ray Collins	...	Mr. Milton
Minna Gombell	...	Mrs. Parrish
Walter Baldwin	...	Mr. Parrish
Steve Cochran	...	Cliff Scully
Dorothy Adams	...	Mrs. Cameron

Alternativ:

Glory for Me (USA) (working title)
Home Again (USA) (working title)
Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (USA) (poster title)
Besten Jahre unseres Lebens, Die (Deutschland) [de]
Schönsten Jahre unseres Lebens, Die (Österreich) [de]

Länge:

172 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:12 (f) | UK:U | South Korea:15 (2002) | Argentina:13 | Australia:G | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11972)

Drehorte:

Long Beach Airport - 4101 E. Donald Douglas Drive, Long Beach, California, USA

Firma:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Dies und das:

The character played by Ray Teal (the actor that Harold Russell attacks at the soda fountain) is listed in the credits as "Mr. Mollett". However, the character's name is never mentioned or otherwise alluded to.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Peggy and Marie are in the ladies room at the restaurant, the cameraman's left arm is visible in one of the mirrors.

Dialogzitate:

[Al is explaining to the bank president why he made the loan to Mr. Novak]
Al Stephenson: You see, Mr. Milton, in the Army I've had to be with men when they were stripped of everything in the way of property except what they carried around with them and inside them. I saw them being tested. Now some of them stood up to it and some didn't. But you got so you could tell which ones you could count on. I tell you this man Novak is okay. His 'collateral' is in his hands, in his heart and his guts. It's in his right as a citizen.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)

Dana Andrews

I saw the movie again recently. I always love it. It's touching, has great music, scope and complexity. The film is alive in its human details. But what especially stood out to me this time was how amazing Dana Andrew's performance is. His wife has cheated on him, he's suffering post-war trauma, and can't find a job--but he's still charming and funny. Even though his opinion of himself is pretty low, he keeps going ahead. I love how self-denigrating the character is, how he suspects he's pretty worthless, while his parents, friends and Peggy (but not his wife) see him as extraordinary. And Andrews does it all while being understated and real. Yeah, Dana!