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Elia KazanDrehbuch:
Moss HartKamera:
Arthur C. MillerMusik:
Alfred NewmanBesetzung:
Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, Sam Jaffe, Nicholas Joy (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Der angesehene Journalist Phil Green recherchiert für ein Magazin über die Lebensumstände jüdischer Bürger in den USA und gibt sich deshalb selbst als Jude aus. Diese Enthüllung macht ihn plötzlich zum Außenseiter. Der angesehene Journalist erlebt offenen Hass, aber auch versteckte Vorurteile und entdeckt, dass manche Juden ihre Herkunft verschleiern. Als seine Verlobung unter der Belastung zu zerbrechen droht und sein Sohn in der Schule zusammengeschlagen wird, spitzt sich die Lage zu. (Verleiher-Text)
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Elia Kazan again as a director of a social drama. That's why there is a lot of talking here, often and quickly, generously forgiving and at the right moment avoiding consequences. Less is sometimes more and here, one intense scene would be enough and would say more than the fifth or sixth monologue about what could be done but isn't. Gregory Peck himself admitted that as a more mature actor, he would have put much more into the role of Mr. Green, unfortunately, the Agreement also appears too much like a poster thanks to him.
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Watching Gentleman's Agreement almost made me nauseous. Not even because of how the film is shot, or how it's acted, because there's not much to criticize about that because it's good. But rather because one realizes that it's a film that accentuates antisemitism soon after the war. But 70 years have passed, and nothing has changed in the world. The hate is still there and it’s even worse. Basically a timeless film.
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