Film

The First Legion

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

USA  ·  1950  ·  35 mm  ·  Black and White  ·  86'  ·  o.v. English

Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Louis B. Mayer Foundation and The Carl David Memorial Fund for Film Preservation.
Screening

Monday 8 | 8 | 2022, 15:00  ·  GranRex

Introduced by Bernard Eisenschitz


Screening

Saturday 13 | 8 | 2022, 07:00  ·  GranRex

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In einem Kloster wird die Heilung eines Vaters als «Wunder» gedeutet. Adaption von Laverys erfolgreichem Theaterstück, das Sirk erst in Deutschland drehen wollte und dann in Kalifornien ausserhalb der Studios verfilmte. «Religion betrifft das Unbekannte, das dem Menschen innewohnt». (D. Sirk)

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Director

Douglas Sirk

Cast

Charles Boyer, William Demarest, Lyle Bettger, Barbara Rush, Leo G. Carroll

Producer

Douglas Sirk, Rudolph Joseph

Cinematography

Robert De Grasse

Editing

Francis D. Lyon

Music

Hans Sommer

Screenplay

Emmet Lavery

Based on

the play "The First Legion" by Emmet Lavery

Production

United Artists/Sédif Pictures Corporation
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Print

UCLA Film & Television Archive
www.cinema.ucla.edu/


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