This trustworthy adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s
vintage pacifist novel is amid the greatest antiwar movies at any time manufactured, remaining highly
effective additional than eighty many years later
on, thanks to Lewis Milestone’s inventive path.
Milestone’s direction is commonly influenced, most notably during the
struggle scenes. Shot almost entirely in Greece and Turkey, Haskell Wexler’s cinematography evokes scale and authenticity that combines with Gene Callahan’s Oscar-successful art course to give the movie a distinctly European really feel.
Thelma Ritter as Margo’s maid, Celeste Holm as Margo’s ideal good friend, and Marilyn Monroe, in a smaller role
as an aspiring actress, give memorable performances.
The movie took household Academy Awards for ideal photograph,
ideal director (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), finest screenplay (Mankiewicz) and costume layout (Edith Head and Charles Le Maire).
It been given an Academy Award as Best Picture and Milestone was honored
as Best Director. Vincente Minnelli, cleaned up at the Academy Awards,
with Oscars for greatest picture, screenplay, score, cinematography,
art path, established layout, and even a distinctive award
for the choreography of its 18-minute closing ballet in which Kelly and Caron dance
before lavish backgrounds resembling French masterpieces.
Broderick Crawford won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Willie Stark, a
backwoods Southern attorney who wins the
hearts of his constituents by bucking the corrupt point out authorities.
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