The House of the Spirits (1993)

Regisseur:

Bille August

Drehbuchautoren:

Isabel Allende (novel)
Bille August (writer)

Premierendatum:

1. April 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Plot:

Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca...

Plot Keywords:

Golpe | Belt | Horse Whip | Dictatorship | Father Son Relationship

Filmpreise:

11 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

I never expected the tears . . .

Besetzung

Meryl Streep	...	Clara del Valle Trueba
Glenn Close	...	Férula Trueba
Jeremy Irons	...	Esteban Trueba
Winona Ryder	...	Blanca Trueba
Antonio Banderas	...	Pedro Tercero García
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Nívea del Valle
Maria Conchita Alonso	...	Tránsito Soto
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Severo del Valle
Jan Niklas	...	Count Jean de Satigny
Sarita Choudhury	...	Pancha García
António Assunção	...	Man at Cattlemarket
Julie Balloo	...	Young Lady
Frank Baker	...	Intelligence Officer
João Cabral	...	Soldier
Miguel Guilherme	...	Soldier

Alternativ:

Åndernes hus (Denmark)
A Casa dos Espíritos (Portugal)
Geisterhaus, Das (Deutschland)

Länge:

140 Min | Germany:141 Min | Spain:146 Min

Produktionsland:

Portugal | Deutschland | Denmark | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Brazil:14 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:R (Ontario) | Germany:12 | Australia:M

Drehorte:

Alentejo, Portugal

Firma:

Costa do Castelo Filmes

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The Chilean army of the 1973 is depicted using the wrong equipment such as G3 rifles, M48 tanks, and Fiat G91 aircrafts. The correct weapons would be FAL rifles, M4 Sherman medium tanks, and either Hawker Hunter or F-80 Shooting Star aircrafts.

Dialogzitate:

Esteban Trueba: [to Ferula] Sometimes I wish Mother was here so I could send you back to her.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Seinfeld: The Engagement (#7.1)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

La Cumparsita

I never expected the tears . . .

I never expected the tears. I never expected the emotion. I was swept away by the epic story and came crashing to earth when the troops took over. All this despite the fact that I do and did know who Isabelle Allende is and I was aware of the history of coups in S. America. I loved the people with the notable and chilly brilliant exception from Jeremy Irons (Can we ever really love his incredible characters?)

Another underrated movie that seeks much and delivers well although at times with a bit too much telegraphing (the bathing scene with the young Blanca for example.)

It was a three hankie movie in the end, A great three hankie movie.

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