Robinson, orson welles, marcello mastroianni titolo originale the stranger. The stranger was the third orson welles directorial effort to see the light of day and the dark of cinema screens, following citizen kane 1941 and the magnificent ambersons 1942. Orson welles fans who donated to have final film finished. Oct 10, 2010 hail orson welles for having the conviction to bring the holocaust to hollywood. Hail orson welles for having the conviction to bring the holocaust to hollywood.
A special edition of thumbnails commemorating the 80th anniversary of orson welles war of the worlds broadcast on october 30th, 2018. Its a sweet addition to the noir barrel, with a great opening and an unbearably fine performance from orson welles. Edward g robinson, loretta young and orson welles in the stranger a film with a lot of great stuff in it. Orson welles stars in the stranger, where he plays franz kindler, an infamous nazi war criminal and after destroying all evidence of his past atrocities, franz kindler moves to a small town in connecticut where he assumes the identity of a prep school teacher and marries mary longstreet loretta young, the daughter of a supreme court justice. Welles third film, often described as his worst, but still a hugely enjoyable thriller as robinsons man from the allied war crimes commission patiently stalks. When his mother died he was six he traveled the world with his father. Robinson, loretta young, philip merivale, richard long, konstantin shayne. Movieaffinity filmaffinity is a movie recommendation site based on the concept of movie soulmates. Mar 14, 2017 netflix has announced a plan to restore and release orson welles film the other side of the wind, unfinished since the early 1970s. Orson welles stars in the stranger, where he plays franz kindler, an infamous nazi war criminal and after destroying all evidence of his past atrocities, franz kindler moves to a small town in connecticut where he assumes the identity of a prep school teacher and marries mary longstreet loretta young, the daughter of a supreme court. The stranger 1946 orson welles, loretta young and edward g robinson duration. Orson welles was gifted in many arts magic, piano, painting as a child. Please discuss this issue on the articles talk page. An investigator from the war crimes commission travels to connecticut to find an infamous nazi.
Documentary charting welless attempts to attract funding for the sacred beasts, later made as the other side of the wind. The stranger is a 1946 american film noir starring edward g. The stranger lo straniero orson welles clip youtube. His debut film citizen kane 1941 established him as an important artist but also managed to turn most of hollywood. The stranger is a 1946 film about an investigator from the war crimes commission who travels to connecticut to find an infamous nazi. For film historians, the stranger offers a foreshadowing of the third man 1949, in which welles. It is the first hollywood film to present documentary footage of the. Movie title from the film noir the stranger 1946, directed by orson welles, starring edward g.
Welles third feature, the stranger, takes place in the sleepy town of harper, connecticut symbolic of any rural, postwar town in america. The stranger is often considered orson welles most traditional hollywoodstyle directorial effort. The result was the stranger, orson welless most conventional film but one which nevertheless bears some of his distinctive touches. Robinson is knocked cold by a gymnasts ring and the camera glances past a sign warning use this apparatus at your own risk. Peter bogdanovich on buster keaton, superheroes, television, and the effect of time on movies. The stranger is a film directed by orson welles with edward g. Up pops olive films with another bluray of orson welles impressive the stranger, for the first time an hd scan sourced from original preprint elements held by mgm. Charles rankin is a professor in a respectable connecticut town about to marry the daughter of a u. In the stranger 1946, orson welles played a fugitive nazi war criminal who assumes the identity of a school teacher and settles into a notquietforlong life in a small new england town. Reevaluating orson welless nearperfect stranger the.
The stranger 20246 at 10040 january 19, 2016 tags anthony veiller, gladys hill, orson welles, the stranger screenplay, the stranger script, victor trivas. His work such as making the united states believe they were under alien attack to making a critical film. Written by anthony veiller, victor trivas, decla dunning, john huston uncredited, and orson welles uncredited. Sep 28, 2012 while it may be missing his cinematic genius, the stranger 1946 is a topnotch thriller and the only film he directed that was a bona fide box office hit. But when he returned in 1970, he found a film business newly receptive to rogue talent. Welles earliest take on film noir preceding the lady from shanghai 1947, and touch of evil. This articles lead section may be too long for the length of the article. The stranger 1946 depending on your point of view, orson welles is either peripheral or central to film noir. The roots of heaven 1958 settlement of debts worth. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. His father was a welltodo inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist.
An investigator from the war crimes commission travels to. The sins of world war ii reemerge in an idyllic american setting in this diabolically effective noir, buoyed by orson welles virtuosic direction and performance. He was orphaned at 15 after his fathers death and became the ward of dr. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. Netflix to restore and release unfinished orson welles film. Lo straniero the stranger, di orson welles film completo ita.
Apr 23, 2015 orson welles stayed away from hollywood in the 1960s, having a laundry list of reasons to feel like a pariah. Ronald grant in these lockdown times, we should all be scrambling to watch. A place where everyone knows each other, theyre all related, and anyones business is everyones business. There are also little jokes buried in each scene, as when edward g. As an actor, director, writer and producer, he experimented with several entertainment art forms. Jun 12, 2012 the stranger 1946 orson welles, loretta young and edward g robinson duration. He had been working on the script at least since 1958, and possibly as early as 1955, says karp. Robinson, who is marvelous, but it points out how many compromises welles made on the film in an attempt to show hollywood he could make a film on time, on budget, and on. Anthony veiller john huston and orson welles uncredited phot.
There is a trailer and image gallery all housed in a stand bluray case. May 6, 1915 october 10, 1985 was an american actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film. Welles plays a college professor named charles rankin, who lives in. Robinson, loretta young, orson welles, philip merivale, year. Robinson, loretta young, orson welles, philip merivale, ano. Netflix to restore and release unfinished orson welles. Welles plays a college professor named charles rankin, who lives in a pastoral connecticut town with his lovely wife mary loretta young. Filmaffinity is a movie recommendation site based on the concept of movie soulmates. The legendary story that hovers over orson welless the stranger is that he wanted agnes moorehead to star as the dogged nazi hunter who trails a war criminal to a sleepy new england town. Robinson, loretta young and welles himself, has an excitement largely generated by welles own performance, which is intense to say the least. After a charmed early career in which he could literally do no wrong, first in live theater where among other accolades he produced the firstever allblack shakespeare production on broadway, and then radio where his infamously.
This is one of orson welles best films as a director. Netflix has announced a plan to restore and release orson welles film the other side of the wind, unfinished since the early 1970s. The stranger 1946 within just five years, orson welles had fallen from the position of boy genius with complete artistic control over his work to an industrywide failure, forced to take on the stranger 1946 to prove he could work within the studio system as well as anyone. In order to find out about the reason of this accusation. The trial is a film directed by orson welles with anthony perkins, romy schneider, jeanne moreau, orson welles, year.
Find release information for the stranger 1946 orson welles on allmovie. April 2020 george orson welles may 6, 1915 october 10. Welles had written various scripts over the years, but he changed them constantly as he shot. Josef k wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. We are an independent movie lovers club worldwide with 646. Production lasted from late september until 21 november 1945, with the picture released the following july. While it may be missing his cinematic genius, the stranger 1946 is a topnotch thriller and the only film he directed that was a bona fide box office hit. It is welles s third completed feature film as director and his first film noir, about a war crimes investigator tracking a highranking nazi fugitive to a connecticut town. Orson welles celebrity profile check out the latest orson welles photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. I found this at a dollar store as a double feature dvd the other feature is the trial with. Orson welles in his youth orson welles was known as the enfant terrible or boy wonder, an almost magically talented artist who created startlingly original works in several different forms including radio, the broadway stage and film, where his early masterpiece citizen kane 1941 became considered by many to be the.