Niagara
At Niagara Falls, Ray and Polly Cutler meet the Loomis. Rose is an attractive blonde with a penchant for life, her husband George an obviously depressed war veteran with a penchant for jealousy. And with good reason: Rose is actually planning to have her lover throw him off the falls ... The marriage and revenge thriller combines the low-key staging of expressionist shadows from a film noir with the glorious showmanship of a Technicolor production. Color applications already contribute to the characterization of the forces of nature in the "establishing shots": A rainbow over black rock adorns Niagara Falls; MM wears red lipstick between white sheets, and nothing else recognizable. While the natural beauty aesthetically ennobles the "Falls", the make-up discredits the woman. Even here, the film provides insight into a moral abyss that is supposed to fascinate cinema audiences just as much as Ray Cutler is fascinated by the sight of Niagara Falls: "Look, so many colors I've never heard of before!
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Runtime
92 min -
Country
United States -
Year of Presentation
2015 -
Year of Production
1953 -
Director
Henry Hathaway -
Cast
Marylin Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters -
Production Company
20th Century Fox -
Berlinale Section
Retrospective -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film
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Biography Henry Hathaway
Henry Hathaway (13 March 1898 - 11 February 1985) learned the profession of director as assistant to filmmakers such as Josef von Sternberg and Victor Fleming. In the 1920s he was assistant to the legendary monumental film Ben Hur. From 1932 he was able to direct independently and became one of the most successful directors of Western films. Hathaway was nominated for an Oscar in 1936. After 1945 he shot some of the best Hollywood thrillers of the Black Series. In the 1960's he led the Westerngenre to a new era, with movies that are considered classics today. In the course of his career Hathaway received several awards and was nominated for various prizes. In 1960 he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1967 he was awarded the Golden Laurel as a director.
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Filmography Henry Hathaway
1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | 1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | 1937 Souls at Sea | 1938 Spawn of the North | 1940 Brigham Young: Frontiersman | 1941 The Shepherd of the Hills | 1941 Sundown | 1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point | 1944 Wing and a Prayer | 1945 The House on 92nd Street | 1947 Kiss of Death | 1950 The Black Rose | 1951 Fourteen Hours | 1952 Diplomatic Courier | 1954 Prince Valiant | 1954 Garden of Evil | 1956 23 Paces to Baker Street | 1957 Legend of the Lost | 1958 From Hell to Texas | 1960 North to Alaska | 1962 How the West Was Won | 1964 Circus World | 1965 The Sons of Katie Elder | 1967 The Last Safari | 1969 True Grit