I am very familiar and very fond of the English-speaking version of the film, with the trio Holden-McNamara-Niven... I probably saw it close to 10 times (I even saw the French-dubbed version). I love the witty and sharp dialogue !
So I was very keen on seeing the German version and I finally did.
I was flabbergasted to hear & see that it is exactly the same movie, only in German & with a different cast: The dialogue is translated almost word for word... the acting, down to the minutest voice inflection or gesture is the same... I am almost certain that it was rehearsed thoroughly prior to shooting.
The German cast is good too: Even though I am not a big fan of Johannes Heersters, he was perfectly cast as the middle-aged roué.
Johanna Matz is a bit more restrained than Maggie McNamara: She did not have that cookie verging on the zany quality that McNamara had.
Saying that, I enjoyed it a lot!
So I was very keen on seeing the German version and I finally did.
I was flabbergasted to hear & see that it is exactly the same movie, only in German & with a different cast: The dialogue is translated almost word for word... the acting, down to the minutest voice inflection or gesture is the same... I am almost certain that it was rehearsed thoroughly prior to shooting.
The German cast is good too: Even though I am not a big fan of Johannes Heersters, he was perfectly cast as the middle-aged roué.
Johanna Matz is a bit more restrained than Maggie McNamara: She did not have that cookie verging on the zany quality that McNamara had.
Saying that, I enjoyed it a lot!
