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Die barfüßige Gräfin

Originaltitel: The Barefoot Contessa
  • 1954
  • 12
  • 2 Std. 8 Min.
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Ava Gardner in Die barfüßige Gräfin (1954)
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Dies ist das Leben eines Hollywood-Filmstars namens Maria, wie es von Autor/Regisseur Harry et al. erzählt wird, von ihrer Entdeckung in Madrid, Spanien, bis zu ihrer Beerdigung in Italien.Dies ist das Leben eines Hollywood-Filmstars namens Maria, wie es von Autor/Regisseur Harry et al. erzählt wird, von ihrer Entdeckung in Madrid, Spanien, bis zu ihrer Beerdigung in Italien.Dies ist das Leben eines Hollywood-Filmstars namens Maria, wie es von Autor/Regisseur Harry et al. erzählt wird, von ihrer Entdeckung in Madrid, Spanien, bis zu ihrer Beerdigung in Italien.

  • Regie
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Drehbuch
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Ava Gardner
    • Edmond O'Brien
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    6,9/10
    13.839
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    • Regie
      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    • Drehbuch
      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Ava Gardner
      • Edmond O'Brien
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    • 70Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • 1 Oscar gewonnen
      • 2 Gewinne & 5 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Harry Dawes
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Maria Vargas
    Edmond O'Brien
    Edmond O'Brien
    • Oscar Muldoon
    Marius Goring
    Marius Goring
    • Alberto Bravano
    Valentina Cortese
    Valentina Cortese
    • Eleanora Torlato-Favrini
    • (as Valentina Cortesa)
    Rossano Brazzi
    Rossano Brazzi
    • Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini
    Elizabeth Sellars
    Elizabeth Sellars
    • Jerry
    Warren Stevens
    Warren Stevens
    • Kirk Edwards
    Franco Interlenghi
    Franco Interlenghi
    • Pedro Vargas
    Mari Aldon
    Mari Aldon
    • Myrna
    Alberto Rabagliati
    • Proprietor
    Enzo Staiola
    Enzo Staiola
    • Busboy
    Maria Zanoli
    Maria Zanoli
    • Maria's Mother
    Renato Chiantoni
    • Maria's Father
    Bill Fraser
    • J. Montague Brown
    John Parrish
    • Mr. Max Black
    Jim Gérald
    • Mr. Blue
    • (as Jim Gerald)
    Diana Decker
    Diana Decker
    • Drunken Blonde
    • Regie
      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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    7cowboyandvampire

    Down and out in Hollywood, Rome and the Riviera

    When a movie opens with the funeral of the main character, you know you are in for a long, sad ride. Really long, in this case – the movie clocks in at two hours. With the inevitability of a tragic death fixed at the opening, it's hard not to see the entire film through filter of sadness.

    The Barefoot Contessa follows the rise, perpetual dissatisfaction and demise of a beautiful, charismatic Maria Vargas, a young Spanish woman played by Ava Gardner. A powerful wall street type turned movie backer wants her to be the new face and visits her in her small village, dragging along a PR man, the director and washed up actress. There are two narrators – a little confusing at times – but most of the movie is relayed from the perspective of Humphrey Bogart, a sad sack, world weary writer/director (in a mythical time when writers were as famous as the stars). He was great, as always, and Gardner was good but lacked oomph for someone supposedly able to set the world on fire.

    I think that was due mainly to the direction, she wasn't allowed to sparkle; quite the opposite, she was prohibited from shining. The odd thing about the movie is how much of her action happened off screen. When Hollywood arrives in her village to see her dance, we only see her hands clicking castanets. When she has a screen test which dazzles jaded directors and, we don't see it. When she makes three movies, we never see her on set or even get a hint of what she was like in the movies. When she rises to the top of the celebrity mountain with legions of adoring fans, we don't see them or even understand why. In fact, all she really does is mope around and wait for her demise. The only time she is allowed to partially captivate is during an odd scene where she hand-dances at a Gypsy camp.

    It must have been intentional, and added to the doomed mood throughout. Instead of the details, instead of watching a small town girl lose her innocence (though she always seemed quite confident, self-possessed and resigned to her fate) we see the outcomes -- cruel people growing crueler, the dehumanizing effect of fame and redemption for a few characters (Bogart's character finds true love after three marriages and manages to kick the booze habit for good). Mostly we see barefoot Ava, drifting through life, never able to let herself be happy, or fall in love, or enjoy success, or even laugh. And we are never really able to understand why. The opening shot shows that she is doomed and I was never able to shake that inevitability throughout.

    Still well worth the time.

    -- www.cowboyandvampire.come --
    7christopher-underwood

    The last act could lose twenty minutes easily

    This starts very well, more than a little reminiscent of Sunset Boulevard, with initially Humphrey Bogart as the narrator. This is probably one of Bogart's finest performances, certainly his is a stand out performance in this fairytale romance that can never have a happy end because that is where we come in, in the graveyard. Ava Gardner is good, I don't know about the claims as to her fabulous beauty, Blue Ray does her no favours, exposing the thickness of make-up but her costumes also seem most constricting and unflattering. But she puts in a good performance, especially in her scenes with Bogart. It is just a shame that the promise at the start of some Hollywood expose and an attack upon the bullying and abusive producers comes to nothing and we talk once more of Cinderella. The last act could lose twenty minutes easily and indeed I would remove the entire performance of Valentina Cortese as the Count's sister who does not help at all as we descend into an appalling Hollywood cop out ending. Remains watchable, however, for the first half, Ava's early scenes and the complete Bogart performance only a couple of years before his death.
    7ptmcq05

    All About Maria

    Four years after the phenomenal All About Eve, Joseph L Manckiewicz moves away from Broadway and lands in Hollywood. Naturally, everything in Hollywood is bound to be louder, more vulgar, more shallow and more expensive and surprisingly less relatable, less credible. Ava Gardner is breathtakingly beautiful and Jack Cardiff photographs her like a goddess but that's no match for any of the exchanges between Bette Davis and Thelma Ritter in All About Eve. Here the soap opera elements dominate the tale. The Italian aristocrats as played by Rossano Brazzi and Valentina Cortese take the story for a ludicrous spin. Josseph L Manckiewicz as a writer and director makes sure the film doesn't become "The Legend Of Lylah Clare" for instance. Humphery Bogart plays the lead and I forgot to mention it. I wonder why. He's wonderful in it but the Oscar went to Edmond O'Brian for his unbearable press agent. Ava Gardner presence transformed this lurid tale into a classic and it's bound to remain so for ever.
    8BuddyBoy1961

    Bittersweet tale of success leading to tragedy

    Scouting talent for an upcoming film to be shot in Italy, a trio from Hollywood (writer/director Bogart, producer Stevens and publicist O'Brien) travel to Spain to scope renowned local dancing sensation Maria Vargas (Gardner). Immediately, they are struck by her beauty and presence. In fact, Gardner has a profound effect on every man she meets...though the effect is as unique as each man she encounters. Stevens sees a talent to be exploited for all it's worth and O'Brien sees only huge marquees and dollar signs. But Bogart, after a couple of brief but revealing conversations with Maria, sees so much more. Expecting a naive Spanish peasant eager to grab at the brass ring, he finds instead a woman as smart as she is beautiful, whose main motivation is to enjoy the challenge and escape that a Hollywood career might offer a woman who will nevertheless always value the simpler things in life. Even with her inate beauty and uncommon savvy, to Maria's detriment she does not have eyes in the back of her head. Told in flashback the viewer experiences her success in Hollywood and her quest to find the true love of a man (Brazzi) that has always eluded her.

    In the hands of Joseph Mankiewicz, "The Barefoot Contessa" frequently bristles with crackling dialogue (would you have expected less?). Unique to this contribution from Mankiewicz is the portent that hangs over the film. As the details of Maria's life are expounded, empathy for her fate increases accordingly. Impeccably well-cast, this is actually an ensemble film. Gardner is luminous as Maria, though she is not solely dependent on her looks to carry the film--she gives a real performance. Bogart is stalwart and sympathetic as Maria's protector. And O'Brien, in an Academy Award-winning turn, is sly and oily as the single-minded publicist who changes allegiances as often as his sweat-soaked shirts. Lensed by the great Jack Cardiff and shot largely in Italy, the European ambiance, as well as the snappy dialogue, push the credibility of the premise a notch or two above so many other so-called exposés of Hollywood excess and pretense.
    7scorpio-x

    Ava Gardner carries herself--and the film--beautifully.

    "The Barefoot Contessa" is a greatly underrated film--which is rather surprising, when you consider the amount of talent involved. First, there's the brilliant script by Joe Mankiewicz, who was always at his best when dissecting Hollywood and its denizens. The movie's best scene may be the Hollywood party where Kirk Edwards gets his comeuppance, all booze, boredom and viciousness ("What she's got, you can't spell. And what you've got, you used to have."); although the scenes of the pathetic/glamorous European jet set are also excellent, the way Mankiewicz can create a small line or gesture that delineates an entire character. Really, the only time his touch fails him is toward the end, when Maria meets her Count and things get a bit melodramatic.

    Also magnificent is the cinematography by the always-brilliant Jack Cardiff, who invests everything with color-drenched glamour. (Did you know that, along with shooting such visual masterpieces as "Black Narcissus," "The Red Shoes" and "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman," Cardiff was also the cinematogrpaher on "Rambo: First Blood." Yikes.) Edmond O'Brien won a well-deserved Academy Award for his portrayal of the sleazy PR man Oscar Muldoon, managing to bring hints of depth and dimension to a character that could have easily been pure caricature. Another fine, if brief, supporting turn comes from Mari Aldon as Edwards' long-suffering mistress, Myrna (especially her "I'm just a scared tramp" exit line).

    Still, what makes this film work is the presence and performance of Ava Gardner. See "The Barefoot Contessa" and you will understand why many have thought her to be the most beautiful woman ever to grace the screen. She is simply breathtaking. Ava's appearance alone is enough to give credibility to Maria Vargas' legendary magnetism--and, without that, the whole film would fail, as it's really just about three men standing around one woman's coffin, wondering that made her tick--but it's her work as an actress that raises the character from beautiful blank to irresistible enigma. Even when her dialogue is a bit trite and soap-opera, she manages to make it believable by making shallowness appear to conceal depth (if you get what I mean), and even does a fine job with the accent. This was the film that earned her the tag "the world's most beautiful animal," but Ava Gardner was much more than that.

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      The statue of Ava Gardner used in the film was by Bulgarian artist Assen Peikov. After the film Frank Sinatra bought the statue and installed it in the garden of his Coldwater Canyon home.
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      Standing in the rain at Maria's funeral, Harry's raincoat is notably more drenched before Oscar's dissertation than afterward, when the lapels are suddenly dry.
    • Zitate

      Drunken blonde: [of Maria Vargas] She hasn't even got what I've got.

      Jerry: What she's got you couldn't spell - and what you've got, you used to have.

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      Edited into Geschichte(n) des Kinos: Le contrôle de l'univers (1999)

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      • 7. April 1955 (Westdeutschland)
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