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Die Verdammten der Meere

Originaltitel: Billy Budd
  • 1962
  • Approved
  • 2 Std. 3 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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Die Verdammten der Meere (1962)
Trailer for this film based on the novel by Herman Melville
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuWhen a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.When a kind-hearted sailor is made to join an English vessel at war in 1797, he finds himself caught between devotion to his crewmates and obedience to their hated, cruel master-at-arms.

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    • Peter Ustinov
  • Drehbuch
    • Peter Ustinov
    • DeWitt Bodeen
    • Louis O. Coxe
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Terence Stamp
    • Robert Ryan
    • Peter Ustinov
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    7,8/10
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    • Regie
      • Peter Ustinov
    • Drehbuch
      • Peter Ustinov
      • DeWitt Bodeen
      • Louis O. Coxe
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Terence Stamp
      • Robert Ryan
      • Peter Ustinov
    • 72Benutzerrezensionen
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  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Für 1 Oscar nominiert
      • 2 Gewinne & 8 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp
    • Billy Budd - Merchant Seaman, Rights of Man
    Robert Ryan
    Robert Ryan
    • John Claggart - Master of Arms
    Peter Ustinov
    Peter Ustinov
    • Edwin Fairfax Vere - Post Captain Royal Navy
    Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas
    • The Dansker - Sailmaker
    Paul Rogers
    Paul Rogers
    • Philip Seymour - First Lieutenant
    John Neville
    John Neville
    • Julian Radcliffe - Second Lieutenant
    David McCallum
    David McCallum
    • Steven Wyatt - Gunnery Officer
    Ronald Lewis
    Ronald Lewis
    • Enoch Jenkins - Maintopman
    Lee Montague
    Lee Montague
    • Squeak - Assistant to Mr. Claggart
    Thomas Heathcote
    Thomas Heathcote
    • Alan Payne - Maintopman
    Ray McAnally
    Ray McAnally
    • William O'Daniel - Maintopman
    • (as Ray McAnnally)
    Robert Brown
    Robert Brown
    • Arnold Talbot - Maintopman
    John Meillon
    John Meillon
    • Neil Kincaid - Maintopman
    Cyril Luckham
    Cyril Luckham
    • Alfred Hallam - Captain of Marines
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Nathaniel Graveling - Ship's Master, Rights of Man
    • (as Niall McGinnis)
    Victor Brooks
    • Amos Leonard - First Mate, Rights of Man
    Barry Keegan
    Barry Keegan
    • Charles Mathews - Merchant Seaman, Rights of Man
    John Hewer
    • Dubbing
    • Regie
      • Peter Ustinov
    • Drehbuch
      • Peter Ustinov
      • DeWitt Bodeen
      • Louis O. Coxe
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    Lexo-2

    Admirable stab at Melville fable (warning: reveals plot points)

    Peter Ustinov is generally a lot better at being a raconteur, chat-show guest and portly, engaging presenter of documentaries than film director, but this adaptation of Melville's short novel (note that the screenplay is based on a previous stage version) is surprisingly gripping. Terence Stamp, in his first movie role, is excellent as the benign life-force, Billy. Pressganged into service aboard a Royal Navy Man'o'War (clunky symbolism - the ship Billy leaves is called the "Rights of Man"), he soon wins over the crew with his guileless respect for justice and fair play. Robert Ryan is superb as Claggart, although perhaps this actor's tremendous capacity for sheer charmless evil overbalances the plot. When Claggart is struck down by the momentarily enraged Billy, he dies with a smile on his face, a detail which isn't in the book. It makes Claggart into a malevolent genius, when Melville wrote him as a preternaturally bitter and empty man. But that's showbiz for you.

    There's a lovely scene between Stamp and Ryan, presumably missed by those who refuse to recognise the latter's genius, in which Billy almost manages to win Claggart over; you can see Ryan's eyes getting almost misty (he was a great eye actor) as he contemplates the spectacle of his own bleakness compared to Billy's warmth. But then, as he suddenly growls "You would charm me, too. Get away!" it's as if he suspected Billy if coming onto him. Remarkable touch.

    John Neville and David McCallum are fine as the officers with tortured consciences; Ustinov has to carry off the difficult moral turnaround, kind of the opposite of what Fonda spends a whole film doing in "Twelve Angry Men", and has seldom acted so well. Perhaps in the book he's a less significant character, but for dramatic purposes the role obviously needed expanding, and it's done with taste and restraint. Supporting roles are all finely rendered, with Melvyn Douglas especially red-eyed and gravelly as the religious Dansker. Good stuff. And unusually for an adaptation, a sizable chunk of the dialogue is authentic Melville.
    9ccthemovieman-1

    Ryan's 'Claggart ' Unfogettable

    A nice, innocent kid getting brutalized by an incredibly-sadistic 1700s ship officer is not always easy to watch, but this is one of the better under-publicized films of its day. It sill holds up, some 40-plus years later, and I'm still wondering when a DVD will come out. The great cinematography alone makes this cry out for a good DVD transfer.

    It was an apt choice to cast Robert Ryan as the sadistic "Claggart." Ryan played mostly villains in his career and is extremely effective in that role here as an intelligent-but-sick-and-vicious bully. In fact, his character in Billy Budd remains one of the most memorable villains I've seen in a half century of movie watching. It isn't just his deeds. The looks on his face alone as he delivers his lines make him fascinating.

    Peter Ustinov gives a great performance as the captain of the ship and a man who has to make a big, big decision about Mr. Budd, played by a young and boyish-looking Terrence Stamp. The character "Billy Budd" is about as pure and innocent as some of the characters Jennifer Jones played in the 1940s, such as Cluny Brown, Bernadette Soubirous or Jennie Appleton. Also of interest is Melvyn Douglas as the aging seaman.

    This is simply a powerful and very involving film, one that is hard to forget.
    mbuchwal

    Just as good as the novel!

    I saw this when it first came out and loved it! The makers of this film (from the UK) are to be praised for addressing a subject historically so controversial that their countrymen could object it has anti-British content based on familiar stereotypes. Yet it is undeniably true. The British Empire thrived on a system of enforced labor, which included plantation slavery, pressgangs in the Navy and crimping of soldiers into the Army. The practice of stealing American sailors off of American ships and forcing them into the British service remained a vexed question between the two countries even after the revolution. Americans who had won their freedom in the revolution had to surrender it to the same tyrants on the high seas. "Billy Budd" shows the tragic injustice of being forced to serve an enemy, suffer his contempt and be punished for the natural act of defending oneself.

    Technically, the film couldn't be better. The drama is excellently drawn in well lit black and white and cuts from scene to scene in a manner that never sacrifices clarity to suspense, telling the story as well as it can be told on screen. The close ups reveal all the nuances of character implied in Melville's great novel, making very accessible the emotion of righteous indignation, which is the film's final message. Today, a production crew like the one that made "Billy Budd" could make itself very busy faithfully translating literary classics onto the screen.
    7roegrocks

    Wonderful story of the sea, and a great companion to Melville's original

    If you've read the Melville story, this film will be a delightful surprise, especially in contrast to what usually happens to film adaptations of literature. For those of you who've never heard of Herman Melville, it's no matter. This film can stand on its own without reference or support from its original source.

    A cheerful, innocent young man with wide eyes and blonde hair is conscripted from his commercial schooner to serve aboard an English Royal Merchant ship, which is akin to being Shang-Hai'd, but without the knock to the head. Everyone on both his old and new ship loves Billy Budd, an affable, competent young seaman who can fathom no sinister purpose in man nor beast, until he meets the master-at-arms of his new vessel.

    I don't want to give away any more of the story, so give this lovely film a try if the premise interests you.
    10Danimal-7

    A forgotten masterpiece

    Billy Budd, a merchant sailor dragooned into service aboard a British warship, loves everyone around him and is loved by everyone around him. Everyone, that is, except the ship's master-at-arms, John Claggart, who sees human affection as a threat to him and his ability to do his duty as a maker of war. Billy seems to have only one flaw; he cannot speak coherently when in the grip of strong emotion, and Claggart mercilessly exploits this weakness with tragic results.

    I've not read Melville's original story "Billy Budd, Foretopman" and cannot say how it compares with the great novelist's work. But this movie stands in its own right as one of the hardest-hitting dramas of its time. The conflict between law and justice, created and demanded by the circumstances of naval service in the age of sail, was never so well explored. Instead of taking the easy path of caricaturing all the ship's officers as brutal tyrants, director Peter Ustinov portrays them as men trapped into acting against their own desires. This helps lift BILLY BUDD head and shoulders above such solid but pedestrian shipboard historical dramas as DAMN THE DEFIANT! Lastly, BILLY BUDD shows that forgiveness can sometimes be harder to bear than scorn or hatred.

    Outstanding performances are the order of the day. Terence Stamp's acting as Billy Budd seems natural, unforced, and human despite the nearly incredible innocence and naivete of his character. Robert Ryan is coldly malicious and calculating as the master-at-arms. Ustinov gives another great performance in a career of great performances as the conscience-tortured Captain Vere, sparking great chemistry with his fellow officers played by David McCallum and John Neville.

    Many a movie since my childhood has brought a tear to my eye, but I have not *sobbed* at a movie in the past fifteen years, except once: at the end of BILLY BUDD. It is moving, passionate and poignant. Don't miss it.

    Rating: **** out of ****.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Herman Melville had been writing poetry for thirty years when he returned to fiction with "Billy Budd" in late 1888. Still unfinished when he died in 1891, it was forgotten. Melville's biographer accidentally stumbled upon it when going through a trunk of Melville's papers in his granddaughter's New Jersey house in 1919. Melville's widow worked to help complete it, and it was finally published in 1924. Over the years, other unsatisfactory versions were published, but it wasn't until Melville's original notes were found that the definitive version was ultimately published in 1962. Coincidentally, Sir Peter Ustinov's movie version was released the same year.
    • Patzer
      When Billy Budd first comes onboard the British ship, he witnesses a sailor being flogged and is told by everyone that no one even knows what the sailor had done. This would not be the case in the Royal Navy, since at all floggings the Captain was required to read in front of the crew the specific Article of War which had been violated and then state the number of lashes for the offense.
    • Zitate

      Billy Budd: There are many ways to lie, Mr. Claggert, but there is only one way to tell the truth.

    • Crazy Credits
      As the cast is listed onscreen, the actors are heard stating their characters' names and ranks.
    • Alternative Versionen
      West German theatrical version was cut by approx. five minutes.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Der Mann, der vom Himmel fiel (1976)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 16. November 1962 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Billy Budd
    • Drehorte
      • Sierra Helada, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spanien(final scene: naval battle under the cliffs)
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      • Anglo Allied
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      • 2 Std. 3 Min.(123 min)
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