Als ihr Geliebter getötet wird, wird die Frau eines wohlhabenden Mannes dazu getrieben, ihren eigenen Tod vorzutäuschen. Dies zieht sie jedoch noch weiter ins Verderben, bis das Schicksal si... Alles lesenAls ihr Geliebter getötet wird, wird die Frau eines wohlhabenden Mannes dazu getrieben, ihren eigenen Tod vorzutäuschen. Dies zieht sie jedoch noch weiter ins Verderben, bis das Schicksal sie mit ihrem lange verlorenen Sohn zusammenführt, der völlig ahnungslos ist, was ihre wahre... Alles lesenAls ihr Geliebter getötet wird, wird die Frau eines wohlhabenden Mannes dazu getrieben, ihren eigenen Tod vorzutäuschen. Dies zieht sie jedoch noch weiter ins Verderben, bis das Schicksal sie mit ihrem lange verlorenen Sohn zusammenführt, der völlig ahnungslos ist, was ihre wahre Identität betrifft.
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- 1 Gewinn & 1 Nominierung insgesamt
- Carter
- (as Joe DeSantis)
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David Lowell Rich seems to have studied Sirk's works ; by and large ,he is a good student.The Sirkesque cast and credits ,the huge desirable mansion where a distraught Turner runs after that fateful night ,the final trial -which is guaranteed to send the impressionable tearing through two entire boxes of Kleenex;Keir Dullea's speech for the defense when he praises the love a mother feels for her child and Turner herself crying "forgive me ,child, forgive me" make it the most tear-jerker trial in the whole history of cinema.
The well known story of Madame X (it's a remake) is some kind of adult fairy tale :there's the Prince Charming (John Forsythe), the marvelous child ,the cruel mother ("you're nothing but a shop girl!Should have stayed on the other side of the counter "): too bad Constance Benett's part is so underwritten;she is obviously an over possessive mother ,she seems to be in love with her son.Just see her look just after she's left the room after her first meeting with her new daughter-in-law.Overnight,the princess turns into "Cinderella" , "Donkey Skin" or "SnowWhite"
Lana Turner ,whose performance in "Imitation of life" (1959) was particularly good ,was certainly an underrated actress.Her best scenes are those when she plays opposite Constance Bennett then Keir Dullea.
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If you are American.... Only Yesterday John Stahl 1933
If you are Italian.... Vedi Napoli e poi muori Riccardo Freda 1952
If you are English.... Waterloo bridge Mervyn Le Roy 1939
If you are French..... L'Entraineuse Albert Valentin 1938
As one reviewer said, Ms. Turner is supposed to be of the lower class, but that is hard to imagine. Perhaps if Shelly Winters played the role, yes. But Ms. Turner to me, rather then being of lower class, gives the impression of being too beautiful, too playful and too liberal to be part of what appears to be a powerfully conservative and old money family. And realizing this, she descends into that lower class,not because she is, but because her broken self-esteem tells her that is where she aught to be. This self-destruction is more of what makes this film interesting, and to me makes her reuniting with her son almost irrelevant. Overall, when I think of how unimportant this film is, there are certain moments that are hard to forget, and for this reason I give it a 6+.
This is a fine Film with Lana Turner robbed of a Nomination.
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- WissenswertesThis is the final film of Constance Bennett, who died before its release.
- PatzerAlthough the movie covers a 25-30 year span ending in the mid-Sixties, all of the women are dressed and coiffed in the height of mid-sixties fashions in scenes set in the late thirties/early forties.
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Clayton 'Clay' Anderson: [to his mother while decorating Christmas tree] Mother, there aren't enough icicles on your side.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Home Stories (1990)
- SoundtracksSwedish Rhapsody
by Willy Mattes (as Charles Wildman)
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- Playboy Mansion - 10236 Charing Cross Road, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(Anderson estate - later became the Playboy Mansion)
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- 1 Std. 40 Min.(100 min)