The Pride and the Passion (1957)

Regisseur:

Stanley Kramer

Drehbuchautoren:

C.S. Forester (novel)
Edna Anhalt (screen story and screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

10. Juli 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Drama | Historienfilm | Romanze | Kriegsfilm

Plot:

The story in this movie deals with the perseverance of Spaniards to take back their country from the...

Plot Keywords:

Revolution | French | Historical | Love Triangle | Napoleonic

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Watchable Epic from Stanley Kramer

Besetzung

Cary Grant	...	Anthony
Frank Sinatra	...	Miguel
Sophia Loren	...	Juana
Theodore Bikel	...	General Jouvet
John Wengraf	...	Sermaine
Jay Novello	...	Ballinger
José Nieto	...	Carlos (as Jose Nieto)
Carlos Larrañaga	...	Jose (as Carlos Larranaga)
Philip Van Zandt	...	Vidal
Paco El Laberinto	...	Manolo (as Paco el Laberinto)
Julián Ugarte	...	Enrique
Félix de Pomés	...	Bishop
Carlos Casaravilla	...	Leonardo
Juan Olaguivel	...	Ramon
Nana DeHerrera	...	Maria (as Nana de Herrera)

Alternativ:

Stolz und Leidenschaft (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

UK:132 Min | Germany:125 Min | USA:132 Min | Argentina:133 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Spanisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

UK:PG | Finland:K-12 | West Germany:12 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13

Drehorte:

Ciudad Encantada, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Firma:

Stanley Kramer Productions

Dies und das:

Marlon Brando was scheduled to co-star but bowed out after reading the script which he considered mediocre at best. He was replaced by Frank Sinatra.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When the cannon breaks loose and races down a hill it hits a ditch and bounces out coming to rest on the other side. In the next shot, the captain is inspecting the damage as the cannon rests squarely in the middle of the ditch that we've just seen it bounce out of.

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Watchable Epic from Stanley Kramer

I was a bit more than a kid when I saw "The Pride and the Passion" for the first time in theatres back in the late 50's and I remember I thought it was kind of slow and even boring at times. But then I saw it again not long ago and surprisingly -because it usually goes the other way around- I found it a watchable and sort of interesting epic spectacular in the times when Napoleon ruled in Spain.

Though "The Pride and the Passion" doesn't match in my opinion other directing works of Stanley Kramer such as "The Defiant Ones" or "Judgment at Nuremberg", this film has a sort of heroic and epic that reaches a reasonable level. It has well dosed and skillfuly handled action sequences, wide open sceneries in Spain, good color photo and a very appropriate musical score that gives it a sense of greatness. However I still think it could have been a bit shorter and that would have improved the product.

Cary Grant renders a very convincing performance as the British officer that knows how to shoot the huge cannon; Sophia Loren is good too and Frank Sinatra, if not brilliant whatsoever, comes out acceptably as an Spanish "guerrillero" leader and by the middle of the film you get used to him.

Not a classic or even a classical late 50's or early 60's epic spectacular "The Pride and the Passion" is an acceptable historical action film worth a watch.