Regie:
Robert WiseDrehbuch:
William FairchildKamera:
Ernest LaszloBesetzung:
Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Jenny Agutter, J. Pat O'Malley, Roy Scheider, Linda Dano, Ian Abercrombie, Bernard Fox (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Julie Andrews stars as British stage legend Gertrude Lawrence, a glamorous, flamboyant and charismatic personality. A woman who is both "maddening and infuriating" and "probably the most beautiful and entrancing creature ever to walk onto a stage." Robert Wise's lavish musical recalls the golden era of musical theatre, from 1912 to 1940. Lawrence rise from irrepressible chorus girl in English music halls to become the toast of two continents. Her lifelong friend Noel Coward provides witty commentary as Gertie finds company in a number of suitors, in search of a love to equal that of an audience. (Verleiher-Text)
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Star! is a tribute to Anglo-American musical theater, made famous by Broadway, and not least, the star system created by American film studios. The musical diva is more similar to the film stars of the golden era of Hollywood. It was a great role for Julie Andrews, whose singing and dancing skills are a significant part of the film. Despite the high hopes placed on it by the studio, the film had only a modest commercial impact and subsequent developments did not turn it into one of the genre's legends. To some extent, I think the absence of a crucial dramatic conflict is to blame. We simply follow the career of an ambitious actress who devotes her whole life to her success. Overall impression: 75%.
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