Stella Dallas

Instruktør: Henry King

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Henry Kings filmatisering af Olive Higgins Proutys roman ‘Stella Dallas’ fra 1923 er en af de smukkeste og mest sørgelige film fra stumfilmstidens Hollywood. Romanen er filmatiseret hele tre gange, i 1937 med Barbara Stanwyck og i 1990 med Bette Midler, men først var der denne med Belle Bennett i titelrollen. Romanen er som skabt til at blive til film; den beskriver hvordan livet kan føles som en film, og den på én gang smukke og smertelige følelse af at stå udenfor sig selv og se ind er forbilledligt formidlet af King.

Henry King’s film adaptation of Olive Higgins Prouty’s 1923 novel is one of the most beautiful and saddest films from Hollywood’s silent film era. The novel has been made into a film three times, with the second dating from 1937 starring Barbara Stanwyck and the third, with Bette Midler, made in 1990, but the first was this one with Belle Bennett in the title role. The novel is perfectly suited for the medium of moving pictures: it describes how life can feel like a movie, and the simultaneously beautiful and painful feeling of standing outside oneself and looking in is conveyed with exemplary poignancy by King. EVENT The film is introduced by Casper Tybjerg and accompanied by Stephen Horne’s newly composed score.

Medvirkende: Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt

USA, 1925
DCP, 110 min.
Engelske mellemtekster
Tilladt for børn over 11 år