The Greengage Summer (1961)

Regisseur:

Lewis Gilbert

Drehbuchautoren:

Rumer Godden (novel)
Rumer Godden (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

14. August 1961 (Sweden)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

A Summer of Evil...And a Young Girl's Cruel Awakening!

Plot:

The film tells the sensible story of a British girl who awakes from childhood on vacations in France finding life and love. |

Plot Keywords:

Youth | Based On Novel

Nutzerkommentare:

The Kind Of Film They Don't Make Anymore

Besetzung

Kenneth More	...	Eliot
Danielle Darrieux	...	Madame Zisi
Susannah York	...	Joss Grey
Claude Nollier	...	Madame Corbet
Jane Asher	...	Hester
Elizabeth Dear	...	Vicky
Richard Williams	...	Wilmouse
David Saire	...	Paul
Raymond Gérôme	...	Renard
Maurice Denham	...	Mr. Bullock
André Maranne	...	M. Dutour
Harold Kasket	...	M. Prideaux
Jacques B. Brunius	...	M. Joubert
Joy Shelton	...	Mrs. Grey
Balbina	...	Mauricette

Alternativ:

Loss of Innocence (USA)

Länge:

99 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)

Firma:

Victor Saville-Edward Small Productions

The Kind Of Film They Don't Make Anymore

Greengage Summer (Loss Of Innocence, American release title) is a wonderful, nostalgic movie that I love to watch over and over again. How can you improve upon Kenneth More looking over at a blossoming Susannah York in one of her first films, tasting the perspiration on her face and saying sweetly: "Dew of Joss"? Sigh. So romantic!

The performances of all the children are first rate, and the actor who plays Paul is perfectly slimey for his part. You can almost smell him through the tv screen! In the novel by Rumer Godden I think there were two more children than in the movie, but who's counting? Best scenes: the French countryside, the sightseeing tour to the church, winery and the cafe, the dance scene at the hotel, and Eliot saying goodbye to Joss at the end. The movie also boasts rather gorgeous music that is available on CD. Check it out. I sounded out the main theme and play it on my piano quite often.

They just don't make films like this anymore, and if they tried to they would have the main characters in bed together in the first five minutes. Yuck. Give me yesterday, and understated romance over the tripe they call entertainment today.