Bel Ami (1939 film)

Bel Ami is one of Willi Forst 1938 with himself staged in the main or the title role adaptation of the novel Bel -Ami by Guy de Maupassant.

Action

Paris, 1900: The recently returned from Morocco George Duroy spends a night with the budding singer Rachel, who rehearsed the song Bel Ami, and told in a society of newspaper editor Forestier about Morocco. At the request of the ladies out he was hired by Walter, owner of La Vie Française, as a journalist.

Forestier's wife Madeleine, who is also the mistress of Deputies Laroche and can be exploited by him to influence Forestier about the newspaper Laroche sense Duroy help while writing the texts. Forestier is jealous of Duroy and divorces.

The Colonial Secretary, who advocates a cautious foreign policy must resign. His successor will be Laroche, which initially represents an intervention policy on the basis of land ownership in Morocco, however, by looking from Moroccan nobleman and is being blackmailed. To then elegantly bring his change of attitude in the public, he asks Madeleine to marry the now ascended to the chief editor Duroy. Madeleine obeys the marriage of the two is only of short duration.

Duroy saves Laroche's daughter Suzanne, passes for the horse. Without imagining each other, the two agree to meet for the Opera Ball in the evening. There Duroy experiences thanks to Rachel, the long recites the song Bel Ami in a lavish revue, from the true machinations Laroche and delivering this content in the newspaper. Duroy, very much in love, intends to dispose of Madeleine and Suzanne to marry. Laroche resigns, and Suzanne calls on Duroy to go into politics. As Minister Duroy prevent his former employers Walter mind to continue the crooked transactions by Laroche. He says goodbye to his former students, Madeleine, Rachel and wife Marelle in order to devote himself to his marriage to Suzanne.

Reviews

  • " Shot of satire on the socio-political scene in France before the turn of the century, based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant. By Forst particular musical talent, his sense of atmosphere and elegant scenery of the film gets a touch of Viennese operetta. One of the few well acclaimed by the international press German films of the Nazi era. "- Lexicon of international film
  • "They ( meaning the writers ) had to bow to the dictates of the Nazi film functionaries with their fear of historical parallels and their prudery and lack of humor, mitigate the socio-critical accents and the satirical Sarka sufferers Maupassant and his frivolous heroes purify the soul. " - Christa man band and Joe Hembus in Classics of German sound film 1930-1960, 1980

Comments

In the film, With you, it was always so beautiful (1954, Hans Wolff) plays Willi Forst a director who designs the text to the song Bel ami with two of Georg Thomalla and Heinz Drache musicians shown. Then sing the song forestry.

DVD Release

The film is listed in the print edition of the lexicon of international film from 1987 with the Vorführdauer 100 minutes and for 16 years. The world of cinema in 2007 brought out DVD contains a shorter version for about 2 minutes and is released from 12 years.

German Reich 1939 in film Screenplay Axel Eggebrecht Film score Hans Wolff (director) Bel-Ami
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