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Une femme disparaît

Original title: The Lady Vanishes
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
3.2K
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Elliott Gould, Angela Lansbury, Cybill Shepherd, Herbert Lom, Jean Anderson, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Arthur Lowe, and Jenny Runacre in Une femme disparaît (1979)
While travelling in pre-war Nazi Germany, a young couple realize a passenger seems to have been kidnapped off of their train, but, no other passenger aside from themselves, recalls her.
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On a train in Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends older nanny Miss Froy. When Miss Froy vanishes, everyone Amanda asks denies having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades Ameri... Read allOn a train in Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends older nanny Miss Froy. When Miss Froy vanishes, everyone Amanda asks denies having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades American photographer Bob Condon to help her search.On a train in Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends older nanny Miss Froy. When Miss Froy vanishes, everyone Amanda asks denies having seen her. Eventually, Amanda persuades American photographer Bob Condon to help her search.

  • Director
    • Anthony Page
  • Writers
    • George Axelrod
    • Sidney Gilliat
    • Frank Launder
  • Stars
    • Elliott Gould
    • Cybill Shepherd
    • Angela Lansbury
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    6.0/10
    3.2K
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    • Director
      • Anthony Page
    • Writers
      • George Axelrod
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Frank Launder
    • Stars
      • Elliott Gould
      • Cybill Shepherd
      • Angela Lansbury
    • 54User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
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    Elliott Gould
    Elliott Gould
    • Robert Condon
    Cybill Shepherd
    Cybill Shepherd
    • Amanda Metcalfe Madvani von Hoffstetter Kelly
    Angela Lansbury
    Angela Lansbury
    • Miss Froy
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Dr. Egon Hartz
    Arthur Lowe
    Arthur Lowe
    • Jeremy Charters
    Ian Carmichael
    Ian Carmichael
    • Caldicott
    Gerald Harper
    • Henry 'Todhunter'
    Jenny Runacre
    Jenny Runacre
    • 'Mrs. Todhunter'
    Jean Anderson
    Jean Anderson
    • Baroness Katharine von Kisling
    Madlena Nedeva
    Madlena Nedeva
    • Nun
    Madge Ryan
    Madge Ryan
    • Rose Flood Porter
    Rosalind Knight
    Rosalind Knight
    • Evelyn Barnes
    Vladek Sheybal
    Vladek Sheybal
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    Wolf Kahler
    Wolf Kahler
    • Helmut von Reider
    Barbara Markham
    Barbara Markham
    • Frau Kummer
    Jonathan Hackett
    • Dining Car Waiter
    Gary McDermott
    • Baroness's Manservant
    • (as Garry McDermott)
    Jacki Harding
    • Baroness's Maid
    • Director
      • Anthony Page
    • Writers
      • George Axelrod
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Frank Launder
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    6gridoon

    A perfectly acceptable - if pointless - remake

    There was no need for this movie to be made (but that is true for most remakes). The original is a classic and generally considered the best of Hitchcock's early British films. But if you forget about the comparisons and let this remake stand on its own, it's actually pretty decent: good-looking, beautifully scored, and well-cast, even in the secondary roles. The two leads are likably goofy (they do bring a 70's flavor to these 30's characters, which may or may not be to your taste), and male viewers will be glad to know that Cybill Shepherd spends the entire running time wearing a white dress that reveals her sexy back, arms and shoulders. If I can point one flaw in this movie, it's that the script doesn't build enough ambiguity - even people who don't know the story won't think for a moment that it could all be "in Cybill's head". But it's clear that the intention here was to create a light comedy-mystery, not a suspense classic. (**1/2)
    Coxer99

    The Lady Vanishes

    I only wished this remake would have done the vanishing!

    Awful remake of the classic Hitchcock suspense thriller that is marred by the idiotic casting of Gould and Shephard, who spend most of their time turning the mystery into laughs. Lansbury breathes the most life into the film as Miss Froy.
    5Leofwine_draca

    Film that never works out what it wants to be

    Hammer's lamentable remake of a Hitchcock classic and unsurprisingly the studio's last picture – at least until their recent reinvention as a purveyor of horror fare. THE LADY VANISHES is an odd film indeed, one that veers unevenly between comedy, mystery and thrills and never really succeeds in any of those fields: the comedy's unfunny, the mystery's obvious and the thrills muted. It doesn't help that the lead actress – Cybill Shepherd – is horribly miscast, giving a performance so awful that some viewers may turn off because of her alone.

    Then again, Shepherd may not be entirely at fault – I struggle to think of an alternative actress who could have brought her shrill, screechy character to life. I generally enjoy films set aboard trains, planes, boats etc. but this one never makes good use of the location and the constant moving between carriages and compartments becomes repetitive in the extreme (although a late stage train-climbing stunt sequence is breathtakingly good).

    Elliott Gould seems distinctly embarrassed by his presence here and can do nothing with his character, while Angela Lansbury seems to think she's still in BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS and gives a patronising turn. It's left to the Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael to supply some genuine humour, although sadly their characters are ill-utilised and kept off-screen for the most part. THE LADY VANISHES marks an ignoble end for a once-fine studio and languishes today as a deservedly forgotten oddity.
    6ejchri

    A Cybill Shepherd comedy, whereas Hitchcock's original was a mystery

    Remake of a British 1938 Michael Redgrave film with Dame Mae Witty and Margaret Lockwood. The 1979 version, done as a Cybill Shepherd and Elliott Gould vehicle, pushes mainly its comedic/farcical elements instead of it being s legitimate mystery itself. The political intrigues and treacheries of the years between the First and Second World Wars made a better basis for the 1938 film than the 1979 film had. Alfred Hitchcock had still been in Britain when his 1938 film was made. Hitchcock had a sure hand utilizing the looming dangers and unease of the time, just one year prior to Britain's actual 1939 entry into WWII. The 1979 film isn't rotten but it simply doesn't hold up when weighed against Hitchcock's original. If you watch the 1979 movie, do so expecting a comedy not a mystery, and do so before you ever have seen the Hitchcock version.
    jjgrimes-2

    No Need For Comparisons

    There's a strong tendency to compare Hitchcock's version of "The Lady Vanishes" with the 1979 version starring Elliot Gould, Cybill Shepherd, and Angela Lansbury. There's no need to do so. Both have the same title but entirely different moods. This doesn't make one "better" or "worse" than the other. They just should be judged on their own merits.

    Both are thrillers, one more somber and tense, and the latter version more of a melodramatic mystery with comedic touches.

    What I would suggest is that the viewer simply watch both versions, recognizing the strong and weak points of each. Both are enjoyable, but to interject a personal note, I tend to lean toward this 1979 version for its tone that's more like other mystery films such as "Charade" or "North By Northwest".

    Enjoy them both as different cinematic expressions and let others worry about comparisons.

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    • Trivia
      Though Cybill Shepherd only wears one costume in the movie, (a bias-cut white satin dress), the costume department made nine identical copies to facilitate filming.
    • Goofs
      Near the end of the movie, when the train is backed up to the yard, and Amanda has switched the points, she runs towards the train as it is leaving. The track they pass over passes the locomotive when the camera shows Robert reaching for her, but when the camera shows her running, she has yet to run over the track until the end, when Robert picks her up.
    • Quotes

      Robert: She's indestructible. She's an English nanny!

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Hail, Hail, Black and White (1989)

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    • Release date
      • May 1979 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • La dama desaparece
    • Filming locations
      • Feistritz im Rosenthal, Karawanken Mountains, Carinthia, Austria
    • Production companies
      • The Rank Organisation
      • Hammer Films
      • Sanrio Company
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      • £2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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