War es die große Liebe? (1953)
Ein erstaunlicher Episodenfilm, in dem sich die US-Popkultur mit französischem Existenzialismus vermählt. Im fantastischen Mittelteil Mademoiselle verdichtet Vincente Minnelli seine Vorlieben: Ein gelangweilter Bub wird beim Europa-Urlaub von einer Hexe für einen Tag in einen jungen Mann verwandelt - und beginnt prompt seine eben noch verhasste Gouvernante romantisch zu umwerben. Als Rahmung zwei dramatische Episoden von Gottfried Reinhardt, dem Sohn der österreichischen Theaterlegende Max: The Jealous Lover ist die schöne Variation eines klassischen Themas - eine herzkranke Ballerina wird von einem Verehrer zum fatalen Tanz motiviert. Als Finale folgt mit Equilibrium eine schier unglaubliche Fusion: Das Trapezartisten-Melodrama als Holocaust-Bewältigung - vom detaillierten Einstudieren der über Leben und Tod entscheidenden Handgriffe zur Rettung einer suizidalen Akrobatin.
Die Regisseur: Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt.
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Pier Angeli as Nina Burkhardt |
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Ethel Barrymore as Mrs. Hazel Pennicott |
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Leslie Caron as Mademoiselle |
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Kirk Douglas as Pierre Narval |
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Farley Granger as Thomas Clayton Campbell Jr |
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James Mason as Charles Coutray |
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Moira Shearer as Paula Woodward |
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Agnes Moorehead as Aunt Lydia |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor as Flirt at Bar |
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Richard Anderson as Marcel |
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Ricky Nelson as Young Tommy |
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Bess Flowers as Woman in hotel bar |
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Argentina Brunetti as Saleswoman |
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John Pickard as Ship's Officer |
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Frank Wilcox as Ship's Officer |
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Peter Brocco as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Paul Bryar as River Policeman (uncredited) |
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Noreen Corcoran as Anna |
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Jimmy Dime as Train Station Attendant |
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Bruce Edwards as Chorus Boy |
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Kay English as Nurse |
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Franklyn Farnum as Man Departing Train |
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Steven Geray as Legay |
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Sam Harris as Man at Train Station |
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Robert Horton as Friendly Young Man on Ship (uncredited) |
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Rudy Lee as Little Boy |
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Celia Lovsky as Governess on Ship |
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John Lupton as Studious Young Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
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Torben Meyer as Man in Saloon |
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Harold Miller as Irate Man at Train Station |
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Alberto Morin as Mr. Sandes (uncredited) |
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Larry Olsen as Terry |
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Manuel París as Mr. Carlos (uncredited) |
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Jack Raine as Doctor |
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Paula Raymond as Mrs. Campbell |
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Suzanne Ridgway as Woman in Bistro |
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Hayden Rorke as Thomas Clayton Campbell Sr. |
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Miklós Rózsa as Conductor |
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Frank J. Scannell as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
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Reginald Sheffield as Coudray's Stage Manager |
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André Siméon as Waiter |
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Elizabeth Slifer as Concierge |
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Alix Talton as Rose |
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Nick Thompson as Coachman |
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Kaaren Verne as Madame Legay |
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Florence Wix as Minor Role |
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Peter Norman as Rudolph Kramer |
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Leo Mostovoy as Stranger in Café |
| Sound | Jakob Gimpel | Musician |
| Editing | Henri Jaffa | Colorist |
| Directing | Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jack Greenwood | Assistant Director |
| Directing | George Rhein | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Crew | Frederick Ashton | Choreographer |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Directing | Vincente Minnelli | Director |
| Directing | Gottfried Reinhardt | Director |
| Writing | John Collier | Writer |
| Writing | George Froeschel | Adaptation |
| Writing | Jan Lustig | Adaptation |
| Writing | Jacques Maret | Story |
| Writing | Arnold Lipp | Story |
| Writing | Ladislao Vajda | Story |
| Camera | Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Art | Gabriel Scognamillo | Art Direction |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Art | E. Preston Ames | Art Direction |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Rose | Costume Design |
| Art | F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Art | Arthur Krams | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jack D. Moore | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Production | Sidney Franklin | Producer |
| Writing | George Froeschel | Writer |
| Sound | Irving Aaronson | Original Music Composer |
