Alfie (1966)

Regisseur:

Lewis Gilbert

Drehbuchautoren:

Bill Naughton (play)
Bill Naughton (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

24. August 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Michael Caine is Alfie is Wicked !

Plot:

For Alfie, the only real life is sex life; only then can he kid himself he is living. Sex is not used as the working-class boy's way to 'the top'...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Comedy Of Manners | Love | Promiscuity | One Word Title

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Great period piece dealing with universal questions

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Aug. 1

10:30 PM

TCM

Besetzung

Michael Caine	...	Alfie Elkins
Shelley Winters	...	Ruby
Millicent Martin	...	Siddie
Julia Foster	...	Gilda
Jane Asher	...	Annie
Shirley Anne Field	...	Carla
Vivien Merchant	...	Lily
Eleanor Bron	...	The Doctor
Denholm Elliott	...	The Abortionist
Alfie Bass	...	Harry Clamacraft
Graham Stark	...	Humphrey
Murray Melvin	...	Nat
Sydney Tafler	...	Frank

Alternativ:

Verführer läßt schön grüßen, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

114 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:G (Quebec) (video rating) (1995) | Canada:18A | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1972) | West Germany:16

Drehorte:

Gasholders, King's Cross Station, King's Cross, London, England, UK

Firma:

Lewis Gilbert

Dies und das:

Several well-known actors (including Laurence Harvey, James Booth and Anthony Newley) turned down the title role due to the then taboo subject matter of abortion. Despite having played "Alfie" on Broadway, Terence Stamp categorically declined to reprise the role on film, thus giving his good friend and then roommate Michael Caine the breakthrough role of his career.

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: When Alfie is in the doctors office and looks out of the window at the funeral, the window frame is of a different sort to the one we see of the interior.

Dialogzitate:

[talking about Gilda's appearance while she is pregnant]
Alfie: Mind you, she came over quite beautified for a while, particularly during the early months. And I told her: I said "Blimey, girl, you ain't as ugly as I thought".

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Catalina Caper (#3.4)" (1990)

Soundtrack:

Alfie

Great period piece dealing with universal questions

This movie has long been one of my favorites. It is one of the few quintessentially "60's" movies, using filming methods that were quite unusual at the time (the direct dialogue between the main character and the audience, for example). While its style is clearly confined to that era, and England in particular, its subject matter is profoundly universal.

The subjects of love and devotion, or more accurately their opposites, philandering and infidelity, are treated with a unique sensitivity in the script. Michael Caine is at once both lovable and detestable, perfectly characterizing the age-old dynamic between the need for love and the need for physical pleasure. But this is not a feel-good movie, it is a movie that explores the difficult decisions that confront a person as they mature in both life and love, and it conveys the basic feelings that are present in all human beings, regardless of outward appearances.

I would recommend this as a thought-provoking exploration of human nature.