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Die besten Jahre unseres Lebens

Originaltitel: The Best Years of Our Lives
  • 1946
  • 12
  • 2 Std. 50 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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75.287
IHRE BEWERTUNG
BELIEBTHEIT
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Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, and Virginia Mayo in Die besten Jahre unseres Lebens (1946)
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Drei Veteranen kehren nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in eine amerikanische Kleinstadt zurück, wo sie entdecken, dass sie und ihre Familien sich unwiderruflich geändert haben.Drei Veteranen kehren nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in eine amerikanische Kleinstadt zurück, wo sie entdecken, dass sie und ihre Familien sich unwiderruflich geändert haben.Drei Veteranen kehren nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in eine amerikanische Kleinstadt zurück, wo sie entdecken, dass sie und ihre Familien sich unwiderruflich geändert haben.

  • Regie
    • William Wyler
  • Drehbuch
    • Robert E. Sherwood
    • MacKinlay Kantor
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Myrna Loy
    • Dana Andrews
    • Fredric March
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    8,1/10
    75.287
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    BELIEBTHEIT
    4.469
    820
    • Regie
      • William Wyler
    • Drehbuch
      • Robert E. Sherwood
      • MacKinlay Kantor
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Myrna Loy
      • Dana Andrews
      • Fredric March
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    • 124Kritische Rezensionen
    • 93Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • Am besten bewerteter Film #226
    • 7 Oscars gewonnen
      • 25 Gewinne & 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    • Milly Stephenson
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Fred Derry
    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Al Stephenson
    • (as Frederic March)
    Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    • Peggy Stephenson
    Virginia Mayo
    Virginia Mayo
    • Marie Derry
    Cathy O'Donnell
    Cathy O'Donnell
    • Wilma Cameron
    Hoagy Carmichael
    Hoagy Carmichael
    • Butch Engle
    Harold Russell
    Harold Russell
    • Homer Parrish
    Gladys George
    Gladys George
    • Hortense Derry
    Roman Bohnen
    Roman Bohnen
    • Pat Derry
    Ray Collins
    Ray Collins
    • Mr. Milton
    Minna Gombell
    Minna Gombell
    • Mrs. Parrish
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Mr. Parrish
    Steve Cochran
    Steve Cochran
    • Cliff
    Dorothy Adams
    Dorothy Adams
    • Mrs. Cameron
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Mr. Cameron
    Marlene Aames
    • Luella Parrish
    Charles Halton
    Charles Halton
    • Prew
    • Regie
      • William Wyler
    • Drehbuch
      • Robert E. Sherwood
      • MacKinlay Kantor
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    Zusammenfassung

    Reviewers say 'The Best Years of Our Lives' poignantly explores World War II veterans' struggles reintegrating into civilian life. Themes of war trauma and societal impact are highlighted. Praised for realistic portrayal, strong performances by Fredric March and Harold Russell, and sensitive direction by William Wyler, the film is deemed relevant and emotionally deep. Cinematography by Gregg Toland and Hugo Friedhofer's score enhance its impact. Despite some critiques on length and pacing, it is widely regarded as a significant, moving classic.
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    steve-642

    An extraordinary, moving post-war film

    I first saw this film (one of my top ten favorites) in 1995 on the big screen, as part of the commemorations for the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII. It had an impact that was so strong that it's never left me--I've seen it many times since, and with each viewing the film seems to reveal new artistic richness and spiritual depth.

    William Wyler's direction is breathtaking. One of the most moving scenes occurs early on in the film, when Homer, the young disabled Navy veteran, arrives at his family home and stands for a moment on the front lawn. For that one second there is an exquisite stillness that communicates a depth of emotion that can't be expressed physically. Then, just as the tension becomes almost unbearable, Homer's little sister Louella comes to the front door and runs out to greet him. In a similar way, the scene where Al Stephenson comes home to his wife and children is so finely directed you can almost feel that you're in the apartment with them--that it's your husband or father come home to you from the war--and you're experiencing the sheer elation of their physical nearness.

    This aspect of the film--its portrayal of the joys and hardships of post-war readjustment and the veterans' experience--is what makes it so enlightening, honest and powerful. As a young woman, I have never experienced wartime or had my father, brothers or friends go off to fight. The film moves swiftly but seamlessly from the initial joy of homecoming and reunion to the problems, anxieties and humiliations that the three veterans encounter as they attempt to build a new life for themselves and their families.

    I found it interesting how the film tries to give a picture of the different socio-economic backgrounds of the three men, and show the emergence of an affluent, market-driven economy. While this in itself is not bad, different episodes in the film show how this economic approach can conflict sharply at times with enduring human values such as integrity and justice. Al's dealings with the young veteran Mr Novak, who comes to him for a service loan to buy a farm, and his later (slightly tipsy) speech to a business gathering show this. Al declares at the end of his speech that when the bank lends money to poor veterans it will be a financial gamble but "we'll be gambling on the future of this country".

    The film's interweaving of the characters and their struggles never falters and is deeply satisfying. Even as Al and Milly, Homer and Wilma gradually move towards a happy resolution of their difficulties this positive strand of the film is counter-balanced by the focus on Fred, the courageous Air Force captain who, in the eyes of the commercial world is "unqualified", suitable only for a job at a soda fountain, and in the eyes of his war bride, Marie, is only wonderful when he's dressed up in his officer's uniform. Fred's situation seems only to deteriorate and at one point in the film, after he farewells his elderly father to leave town and look for work, the father finds the citations for Fred's medals and sits down to read them. As he reads the words describing Fred's bravery and dedication to duty while he was terribly wounded in his aircraft, Pat Derry's voice nearly breaks with pride and love for his son. The film beautifully juxtaposes Fred's unselfish conduct and willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice with the cold indifference of a country in peacetime that does not want him and seemingly has no place for him.

    The actors are uniformly impressive and really make their characters come alive. Dana Andrews is especially outstanding together with two young actors making their debut, Harold Russell and Cathy O'Donnell, as Homer and Wilma. Personally, I loved Homer and Wilma's story the best among those of all the characters,and the resolution is a simple, sensitively shot scene that lifts the whole film to a new point of happiness, gratitude and release. Both Cathy O'Donnell and Teresa Wright are lovely, gifted actresses with a slightly understated style, that is perfectly suited to the film's restrained but powerful tenor. This is demonstrated especially well in the tense scene where Wilma tries to talk to Homer in the shed, and in the scene where Peggy confides her heartache to her parents.

    One feature that adds significantly to the film's quality is Hugo Friedhofer's score. The music is remarkably fresh and undated, has a strong, classic sound, and is poignant without being too romantic or sentimental (a flaw often found in other 1940s film scores).

    The producer, Samuel Goldwyn, reportedly said of this film: "I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel...I just want every man, woman and child in America to see it". Although I'm not American (I am Australian) I found this film, with its universal human themes and its portrayal of post-war readjustment, speaks to anyone who shares in this heritage of WWII. Tell others about this film--it is breathtaking, beautiful and brave. See it and remember.
    8SmileysWorld

    A worthwhile message that rings true still today.

    Returning to life at home for our overseas fighting men was not as easy as we here at home may have assumed,and McKinlay Kantor thought it important to write about this fact.The novel caught the attention of Hollywood and soon we were seeing it well illustrated on the big screen.War changes a man to one degree or another,either physically or emotionally or perhaps both.The passage of time doesn't help either,and things at home change a little.Their children grow,and they were unable to be there to witness it firsthand.Again,this makes the adjustment harder.For 4 years,all they knew was war,and they find themselves faced with the impossible task of picking up where they had left off.It's a worthwhile story to engross yourself in.While much of what you see here represents a world that does not exist anymore,the difficulties of adjusting to life at home after war ring true still today.
    10secondtake

    Highly structured but flawless and really moving drama about returning G.I.s

    The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

    The whole point of this film when it was released still makes perfect sense today, though I'm sure it doesn't have the same impact it did in those first years after World War II ended. Returning servicemen, with all kinds of backgrounds before and during the war, hit a wall coming home: wives who no longer loved them, jobs that had dried up, a culture that was foreign to them and that found them, these men, to be foreign themselves.

    It wasn't a crisis to take lightly. These were the guys who were drafted to fight the enemy, and in going overseas they lost some of the best years of their lives, if not their lives. The country knew its debt in the abstract, but it also knew it in sons and husbands who really did come home and who had to face it all. This movie was both a reckoning for the sake of national healing and a brilliant drama that would be beautifully pertinent and therefore successful. And what a success, then and now.

    The consummate Hollywood director William Wyler shows in this fast, long movie just what a master he is at working the medium. With Gregg Toland at the camera, Wyler makes a highly fluid movie, visual and dramatic and weirdly highly efficient. With the three main plots interweaving and depending on each other, the drama (and melodrama) build but never beyond plausibility. Wyler knew his audience wouldn't put up with pandering or cheap mistakes. Casting Harold Russell as Homer, knowing the audience would hear about how Russell really was a soldier who lost both hands in the war, was a huge step toward creating both empathy and credibility. It even practices a key theme in the move--to go beyond your bounds to make a difference, to give these guys a break and help them assimilate.

    It's interesting how singular this movie is, trying to show the truth in these kinds of situations. The other post-war films about army and navy men fall into two large and dominating categories--war films and film noir. And it is film noir that comes closest to getting at the problem of the G.I. not reintegrating well, making it a whole style, brooding and spilling over with violence. "The Best Years of Our Lives" has a highly controlled and even contrived plot structure, but it aims to be honest and representative.

    That it's remarkable formally--the way it is shot and edited and acted, top to bottom--is not surprise, given the heights that Hollywood had reached by then, and given that Wyler is easily the slickest of them all, in the best sense. That the movie makes such beautiful sense and really works as a story, a moving and heartwarming story without undue sappiness, is a whole other kind of achievement. A terrific, rich, full-blooded, uncompromised movie.
    8gavin6942

    Those Left Behind

    Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

    Such a powerful film. At first the new lives of the soldiers seem to be facing small adjustments, such as their children's interest in "atomic energy" and "scientific efficiency". But soon we find that jobs are hard to find, and the wives and girlfriends sometimes met new people while the battles were fought.

    Although a serious topic, the film has the right balance of entertainment and drama. It never gets outright depressing, and things like depression and suicide are overlooked. But it still remains a valuable lesson: as bad as dying in the war is, sometimes the transition back to normalcy can be just as damaging.

    Although not one of the better known movies today (2014), "The Best Years of Our Lives" won seven Academy Awards in 1946, including Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler), Best Actor (Fredric March), Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell), Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Sherwood), and Best Original Score (Hugo Friedhofer). It still sits on the IMDb Top 250, just as it should.
    CinemaClown

    One Of The Best Films Of Its Kind

    Painting an authentic, distressing & heartbreaking portrait of post traumatic stress disorder and expertly led by riveting performances from its outstanding ensemble, The Best Years of Our Lives is a work of restrained craftsmanship that narrates its drama with deft composure and has a thorough understanding of its subject matter.

    Crafted with care, narrated with flair & incessantly human in its approach, William Wyler's film's silent, thoughtful contemplation on PTSD is still as relevant today as it was at its time of release. Firmly grounded in realism & having stood the test of time all these years, The Best Years of Our Lives is one of the finest offerings of its kind.

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    • Wissenswertes
      For his performance as Homer Parrish, Harold Russell became the only actor to win two Academy Awards for the same role. The Academy Board of Governors thought he was a long shot to win, so they gave him an honorary award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance." Later in the ceremony, he won for Best Supporting Actor.
    • Patzer
      When Al introduces his wife and daughter to Fred and Homer at Butch's, he refers to Dana Andrews as Homer and Harold Russell as Fred. This was intended as a consequence of Al being drunk.
    • Zitate

      [after Peggy tells her parents that they never had any trouble in their relationship]

      Milly Stephenson: "We never had any trouble." How many times have I told you I hated you and believed it in my heart? How many times have you said you were sick and tired of me; that we were all washed up? How many times have we had to fall in love all over again?

    • Crazy Credits
      The character played by Ray Teal (the Axis sympathizer whom Homer Parrish attacks at the soda fountain) is listed in the credits as "Mr. Mollett". However, the character's name is never mentioned or otherwise alluded to.
    • Alternative Versionen
      The film was modified to play on a wide screen and reissued on February 3, 1954.
    • Verbindungen
      Edited into Des Teufels Pilot (1950)
    • Soundtracks
      Among My Souvenirs
      (1927) (uncredited)

      Music by Edgar Leslie

      Lyrics by Lawrence Wright

      Played on piano by Hoagy Carmichael

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 1. Juni 1948 (Deutschland)
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      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Los mejores años de nuestras vidas
    • Drehorte
      • Ontario International Airport - 2900 E. Airport Drive, Ontario, Kalifornien, USA(Airplane graveyard)
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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      • 2.100.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 23.650.000 $
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 23.667.133 $
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