The Red Tent (film)
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The Red Tent is a joint Soviet/Italian
1969 film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
.
The film is based on the story of the mission to rescue Umberto Nobile
and the other survivors of the crash of the Airship Italia
. It features Sean Connery
as Roald Amundsen
and Peter Finch
as Nobile. The script was adapted by Yuri Nagibin
and Mikhail Kalatozov from Nagibin's novel of the same title. Nagibin couldn't complete the script due to a series of conflicts with the producer, who insisted on expanding the role of his mistress Claudia Cardinale, and it was completed by de Concini and Bolt.
many years after the expedition. Nobile has endured years of scorn for his actions during the disaster and its aftermath. He imagines his apartment turned into a court of inquiry against him, where witnesses and judges are his former crewmen, Nobile, famed aviator Lundborg, Captain Samoilovich of the Soviet Icebreaker Krasin and his crew. As they try Nobile, the events of the expedition and its failure are depicted. In the end Samoilovich decides that he cannot judge Nobile for lack of heroism because a captain has no right to risk his own safety by individual acts of heroism. The others reach a verdict of guilty, but Amundsen discounts the verdict. He explains how Nobile's accusers must share the blame for their fates.
, with Dino Asciolla
as violin
solo and Bruno Nicolai
as the conductor.
The film was nominated for 1972 Golden Globe award as the best English-language foreign film.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
1969 film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov
Mikhail Kalatozov born Mikheil Kalatozishvili was a Georgian/Russian film director. Born in Tiflis , he studied economics before starting his film career as an actor and later cinematographer....
.
The film is based on the story of the mission to rescue Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile was an Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships during the Golden Age of Aviation between the two World Wars...
and the other survivors of the crash of the Airship Italia
Airship Italia
Airship Italia was a semi-rigid airship used by Italian engineer Umberto Nobile in his second series of flights around the North Pole.-Design and specifications:...
. It features Sean Connery
Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
as Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
and Peter Finch
Peter Finch
Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...
as Nobile. The script was adapted by Yuri Nagibin
Yuri Nagibin
Yuri Markovich Nagibin was a Soviet writer, screenwriter and novelist.He is best known for his screenplays, but he also has written several novels and novellas, and many short stories. He is known for his novel The Red Tent that he later adapted for the screenplay for the film of the same name...
and Mikhail Kalatozov from Nagibin's novel of the same title. Nagibin couldn't complete the script due to a series of conflicts with the producer, who insisted on expanding the role of his mistress Claudia Cardinale, and it was completed by de Concini and Bolt.
Plot
The film begins in RomeRome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
many years after the expedition. Nobile has endured years of scorn for his actions during the disaster and its aftermath. He imagines his apartment turned into a court of inquiry against him, where witnesses and judges are his former crewmen, Nobile, famed aviator Lundborg, Captain Samoilovich of the Soviet Icebreaker Krasin and his crew. As they try Nobile, the events of the expedition and its failure are depicted. In the end Samoilovich decides that he cannot judge Nobile for lack of heroism because a captain has no right to risk his own safety by individual acts of heroism. The others reach a verdict of guilty, but Amundsen discounts the verdict. He explains how Nobile's accusers must share the blame for their fates.
Production
The international version of the film features original music by Ennio MorriconeEnnio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
, with Dino Asciolla
Dino Asciolla
Edoardo Asciolla was an Italian violin and viola solo player...
as violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
solo and Bruno Nicolai
Bruno Nicolai
Bruno Nicolai was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s...
as the conductor.
The film was nominated for 1972 Golden Globe award as the best English-language foreign film.
Cast
- Peter FinchPeter FinchPeter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...
as General Umberto NobileUmberto NobileUmberto Nobile was an Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships during the Golden Age of Aviation between the two World Wars... - Sean ConnerySean ConnerySir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
as Roald AmundsenRoald AmundsenRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.... - Claudia CardinaleClaudia CardinaleClaudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
as Nurse Valeria - Hardy KrügerHardy KrügerHardy Krüger is a German actor. He is thought of as one of the greatest German actors of the 1960s. He was born in Wedding, Berlin, German Reich...
as Aviator Einar Lundborg - Massimo GirottiMassimo GirottiMassimo Girotti was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades.Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and polo...
as Romagna, rescue mission coordinator - Luigi Vannucchi as Captain Zappi
- Mario AdorfMario AdorfMario Adorf is a German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum.-Biography:...
as Biagi, radio operator - Eduard Martsevich as Finn MalmgrenFinn MalmgrenFinn Adolf Erik Johan Malmgren was a Swedish meteorologist and Arctic explorer.Malmgren studied in Göteborg, Sundsvall and Stockholm. In 1912 he started to study at the Uppsala University where he received a bachelor's degree in 1916...
, meteorologist officer - Grigori Gaj as Professor Samoilovich, Chief of the Russian rescue expedition
- Nikita MikhalkovNikita MikhalkovNikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the distinguished, artistic Mikhalkov family. His great grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a Galitzine princess...
as Chukhnovsky, Russian aviator - Nikolai Ivanov as Kolka Schmidt, Russian radio amateur
- Boris KhmelnitskyBoris KhmelnitskyBoris Alexandrovich Khmelnitsky was a Russian theatre and movie actor.He worked many years in the Taganka Theatre in Moscow. In cinema, he was known for many of his roles in Soviet adventure films. He played Robin Hood, Prince Igor, Captain Grant and many other characters...
as Viglieri - Yuri Solomin as Troiani
- Yuri VizborYuri VizborYuri Vizbor was a well-known Soviet bard and poet as well as a theatre and film actor.-Summary:...
as František BěhounekFrantišek BehounekFrantišek Běhounek was a Czech scientist , explorer and writer.The asteroid 3278 Běhounek is named after him.- Biography :Běhounek studied physics and mathematics at Charles University, later radiology in France at Marie Curie-Skłodowska. In 1920s, he was one of the founders of State Radiological... - Donatas BanionisDonatas BanionisDonatas Banionis is a Lithuanian and Soviet actor. He is best known in the West for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin....
as Mariano
External links
- The Red Tent at sean-connery.narod.ru