Gigi (1958)

Regisseur:

Vincente Minnelli

Drehbuchautoren:

Colette (novel)
Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

4. August 1958 (Brazil)

Genre:

Komödie | Musical | Romanze

Werbezeile:

The First Lerner-Loewe Musical Since "My Fair Lady"

Plot:

Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long. |

Plot Keywords:

Cinemascope | Hidden Character | 1900s | Coming Of Age | France

Filmpreise:

Won 9 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

One of the best film musicals ever made.

Besetzung

Leslie Caron	...	Gilberte aka 'Gigi'
Maurice Chevalier	...	Honoré Lachaille
Louis Jourdan	...	Gaston Lachaille
Hermione Gingold	...	Madame Alvarez
Eva Gabor	...	Liane d'Exelmans
Jacques Bergerac	...	Sandomir
Isabel Jeans	...	Aunt Alicia
John Abbott	...	Manuel
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Pasha	...	White horse at Pré Catelan

Alternativ:

The Parisians (USA) (working title)
Gigi (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

116 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Perspecta Stereo | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-7/5 (new rating: 1982) | Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Peru:PT | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:G

Drehorte:

Auberge de la Moutière - 14 Rue Moutière, Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, France

Firma:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Dies und das:

'Ina Claire (I)' was offered the role of Aunt Alicia but declined.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: During Gaston's song by the pond thinking of Gigi, there is a fence in the pond forcing the swans to stay in close background. The swans, obviously confused yet undeterred, keep swimming into the fence attempting to get to the swan in deep background on the other side of the pond.

Dialogzitate:

Gaston: I brought you some caramels.
Gigi: Thank you, Gaston.
Madame Alvarez: Gaston, you spoil her so.
Gaston: The champagne is for you.
Madame Alvarez: You spoil me too.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)

Soundtrack:

Say a Prayer for Me Tonight

One of the best film musicals ever made.

"Gigi" is undoubtedly as good as it is because it was a musical written expressly for the screen (it had been an enormously popular Broadway play starring Audrey Hepburn). Lerner and Loewe were coming off their huge success with "My Fair Lady" on Broadway, and were at the height of their powers when they created the classic songs and screenplay for this film. And although Leslie Caron's vocals were dubbed (thankfully not by Marni Nixon), the rest of the cast acquits themselves with aplomb and a good deal of style, particularly the heartstoppingly suave and beautiful Louis Jourdan (who was much older than he looked at the time, as was Caron -- he was 38, she was 27). The breathtaking Art Nouveau sets and fin de siecle costumes were all designed by Cecil Beaton and are even more gorgeous than those he did for the film version of "My Fair Lady" a few years later.

This film is very faithful to Colette's original short story in both humor and spirit, and while I have no illusions that it is a completely truthful portrait of life in early 20th century Paris, it is a delightful, romantic story, one that is as lovely now as it was in the 1950s, or indeed, at the turn of the century. It really did deserve the Best Picture Oscar.