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Der Honorarkonsul

Originaltitel: The Honorary Consul
  • 1983
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 42 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
5,7/10
1663
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Richard Gere, Michael Caine, and Elpidia Carrillo in Der Honorarkonsul (1983)
Home Video Trailer from Paramount
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuDuring the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistaken... Alles lesenDuring the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.

  • Regie
    • John Mackenzie
  • Drehbuch
    • Graham Greene
    • Christopher Hampton
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Michael Caine
    • Richard Gere
    • Bob Hoskins
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    5,7/10
    1663
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • John Mackenzie
    • Drehbuch
      • Graham Greene
      • Christopher Hampton
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Michael Caine
      • Richard Gere
      • Bob Hoskins
    • 17Benutzerrezensionen
    • 7Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Nominiert für 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Charley Fortnum
    Richard Gere
    Richard Gere
    • Dr. Plarr
    Bob Hoskins
    Bob Hoskins
    • Colonel Perez
    Elpidia Carrillo
    Elpidia Carrillo
    • Clara
    Joaquim de Almeida
    Joaquim de Almeida
    • Leon
    • (as Joaquim De Almeida)
    A Martinez
    A Martinez
    • Aquino
    Stephanie Cotsirilos
    • Marta
    Domingo Ambriz
    • Diego
    Eric F. Valdez
    • Pablo
    • (as Eric Valdez)
    Nicolás Jasso
    • Miguel
    • (as Nicolas Jasso)
    Geoffrey Palmer
    Geoffrey Palmer
    • British Ambassador
    Leonard Maguire
    • Dr. Humphries
    Jorge Russek
    Jorge Russek
    • Senor Escobar
    Erika Carlsson
    • Senora Escobar
    • (as Erika Carlsen)
    Josefina Echánove
    Josefina Echánove
    • Senora Sanchez
    • (as Josefina Echanove)
    Ramón Álvarez
    • Henry Plarr
    • (as Ramon Alvarez)
    George Belanger
    • U.S. Ambassador
    Juan Antonio Llanes
    Juan Antonio Llanes
    • Gruber
    • (as Juan Antonio Llanez)
    • Regie
      • John Mackenzie
    • Drehbuch
      • Graham Greene
      • Christopher Hampton
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    6PeterMitchell-506-564364

    Gere passer may pass or waste your time

    Believe this, I have watched this so many times, but in part. I could spout off lines in Christopher Hampton's script, at the click of a finger. I love the settings for this movie in which Gere, an English spoken doctor, falls for a newly married young woman, Clara (Elpidia Carrillo) who is earlier seen as the whore working at this seedy bar that doubles as a cat house. She's married to the honorary Consul (Caine) unaware of the affair that has sparked between friend and wife. At the start, Gere, just arriving in town, helps another guy escort a drunk Caine from one bar to infamous cat house one. It's here he sets eyes on Clara. The sex scenes are quite hot as passions run high, but Gere has trouble from the other side, involving his past, where two old friends, (one a much younger Joquian Almedia) approach him, with a kidnapping plot to snatch a consul, in return for their fellow South American prisoners to be released. Only problem is, they snatch Caine instead, not a real consul, an honorary consul. Gere, maddened by the idiocy of the mates, remains loyal. Gere's father too, is one of those prisoners, as Gere is innocently led to believe. Caine's actor mate, Bob Hoskins, plays a cop, trying to help Gere track down his old man. One scene has Gere going off at him, when they arrest 250 mentally unsound people under his care and put them temporarily in prison, but Hoskins mellows him. Gere's fate at the end of the this, where the strong arm of the law closes in, was tragic, I must say. His not so badly portrayed doctor, is a sympathetic, goodhearted and likable character. But the heavyweights are Caine, who plays drunk so good and being funny too about it, where no nonsense Hoskins is solid. Elpidia is just pretty scenery really. But really there's something too brief about whole affair of the story here, despite it's good screenplay, and really it's just a passable, but involving drama + those couple of sex scenes. And near it's end too, some of the scenes are quite dark, they disjoint the action. But Gere too is a bit of a bastard in the bedroom, paying the now married Clara cash for her services as if she was still working. Also when going up to Gere's apartment, is her first tome, riding in an elevator. I liked the way Gere wore his jealousy well too, really at the sheer fact, Caine loves her. There's a lot of good scenes to find in the movie and Paul's McCartney's Brazilian intro theme was just beautiful and melodic, as it was soothing. For Gere fans, do put this different and quite enjoyable one one on your list.
    6claudio_carvalho

    Amoral and Cold

    In Argentina, Dr. Eduardo Plarr (Richard Gere) is a medical doctor with a Paraguayan deceased mother and an English revolutionary father that is imprisoned in Paraguay. He unsuccessfully tries to get news about his father with his acquaintance Colonel Perez (Bob Hoskins). One night, he is summoned to attend the alcoholic British Honorary Consul Charley Fortnum (Michael Caine) in a brothel where he sees a beautiful young prostitute but she goes with another man. When he returns to the Whitehouse, he learns that the prostitute Clara (Elpidia Carrillo) left the place. One day, Charley calls him to examine his wife, and when Eduard turns the light of the room on, he sees that Charley married Clara. Soon he meets her in a store and buys an expensive sunglass to her. Clara goes with him to his apartment and they begin a love affair. When Clara becomes pregnant, Charley believes that the baby is his. Meanwhile Eduardo's childhood friend Leon (Joaquim De Almeida) visits him in his office and tells that his father is alive in Paraguay. Further, he tells that he plans to abduct the American ambassador and exchange him per political prisoners in Paraguay including his father. However he needs inside information about the visit of the ambassador. What will Eduardo do?

    "The Honorary Consul" is a dramatic thriller with romance that does not work well. Eduardo is an unethical doctor and amoral man. His relationship with Clara is cold and he betrays Charley with a great cynicism. The film does not work well and the conclusion is predictable. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "O Cônsul Honorário" ("The Honorary Consul")
    7paul2001sw-1

    The competent adaptation

    Competent adaptation of a typical Graham Greene story, a tale of dilemma, forgiveness and redemption in a quasi-fascist South America. Direction and acting are both ordinary, though Michael Caine and Richard Gere are at least well cast; Bob Hoskins (an Argentinian policeman!) less so. Always interesting, but strangely subdued: Greene packs a greater moral punch on the page.
    6CinemaSerf

    The Honorary Consul

    With both Paraguay and Argentina under junta governments, doctor "Eduardo" (Richard Gere) returns to his homeland where he quickly befriends the eponymous gent "Fortnum" (Michael Caine) before making even closer friends with his somewhat open-minded wife "Clara" (Elpidia Carrillo). Ostensibly an upstanding member of the community it soon becomes clear that this physician is conflicted, and that comes to an head when his dipso friend is charged with driving the US Ambassador to visit a waterfall. The rebels get wind of this trip and plan to kidnap the visiting diplomat, but they get the wrong man and aren't impressed with the boozed-up light-weight that find themselves stuck with. Still, they can still use him as leverage to have some of their colleagues released from jail, or can they? Does anyone really care about this man who's frankly become a bit of a nuisance, a liability even? The only chance poor old "Fortnum" might have is if local police chief "Perez" (Bob Hoskins) can find where he is being held before his captors lose patience, or run out of whiskey! Caine is on quite good form here as he takes to the role of the alcoholic convincingly, and though he really only features sparingly his is by far the better effort. Otherwise, there's lots of sex between Gere and Carrillo, but their personas remain largely undercooked by a weak script and a rather limited supporting cast who underplay the freedom-fighting elements of the plot and render them a little better than a sideshow. It's really only a vehicle for Gere, this film, and an unremarkable one at that.
    6Filmfandave

    Contrived Political Drama with a Misleading Title

    Richard Gere plays Dr. Eduardo Plarr, an Anglo-Paraguayan doctor who unwittingly gets entangled in the kidnapping plot of an American consul by a novice group of Paraguayan rebels in exchange for ten of their imprisoned comrades. The plan goes awry as the rebels mistakenly kidnap his new friend instead - Charley Fortnum (Michael Caine), a British honorary consul who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Complicating the matter, the doctor falls head over heels in love with Charley's young wife, Clara (Elpidia Carrillo) - an ex-prostitute who has the same feelings toward him. Meanwhile, the police have tracked down the rebels hide-out and are closing in. With his life at stake, Plarr is forced to decide between betraying his love or friendship.

    Sounds interesting, right? Sadly, it is not. The main problem is that the characters are not likable. Gere's character is a doctor who lusts after his friend's wife. Caine's is a heavy drinker who often creates problems than solves them while Carrillo's is a fickle-minded woman who can't decide who is best for her life.

    The title itself "The Honorary Consul" does not fit into the main plot, which is more about Gere's character than Caine's. Even less fitting is the alternate US title "Beyond the Limit".

    This is one of three John Mackenzie's films that I have watched and also the most unconvincing because of its tepid performances, contrived plot and ending, and lackluster direction. Only for Gere's or Caine's die-hard fans.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Director John Mackenzie spent two weeks in Argentina doing research for this movie. A day after he left, the Falklands War began. Production moved to Mexico instead.
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      Colonel Perez: Who is in here?

      Dr. Eduardo Plarr: Signora Fortnum.

      Colonel Perez: Oh, I see... Is this why you've been lying to me?

      Dr. Eduardo Plarr: An affair always involves a few lies.

    • Alternative Versionen
      NBC edited 6 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
    • Verbindungen
      Referenced in Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme
      Composed by Paul McCartney

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      Performed by Paul McCartney & John Williams

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 13. Januar 1984 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsländer
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
      • Mexiko
    • Sprachen
      • Englisch
      • Spanisch
      • Latein
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Beyond the Limit
    • Drehorte
      • Veracruz, Mexiko
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • World Film Services
      • Parsons & Whittemore Lyddon Ltd.
      • Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
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    • Budget
      • 11.800.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 5.997.566 $
    • Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
      • 2.208.976 $
      • 2. Okt. 1983
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 5.997.566 $
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      1 Stunde 42 Minuten
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      • Mono
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