I prefer to lie to myself. The Condemned of Altona (Italian: I sequestrati di Altona) is a 1962 Italian-French drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica.It is based on the play of the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. For this film Vittorio De Sica won the David di Donatello for Best Director. And how could I have lost you, Johanna? TMDb Score. A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. In his anger, he sends Leni away and tell her he won't let her in should she bring him dinner in the evening. Why didn't you come see us? the condemned of altona. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The act… This FAQ is empty. It must've hurt quite a lot. I feel that he is my equal. I was carried away just now. Upon hearing this, Franz again descends the stairs, smiling and saying, Franz: That's what I wanted to hear you say. Franz: Yes. (Pause.) Franz (sarcastically): Really? When he asks what will, she answers it would be best if he "did away with himself", yet she asks him to "come back to life" - to come out of his seclusion and take over the business so that she and Werner would be free. In order to save Werner, Johanna determines to investigate the mystery of Franz's seclusion. One and one make one - what a misunderstanding! A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family’s shipbuilding empire. The Condemned of Altona is a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre, known in Great Britain as Loser Wins. Johanna heads for the door, but Franz tells her to wait, as Leni is still just outside. Another conversation depicts Sartre's "Man is a useless passion": "Franz (ironic admiration): [A] Star! A family of big German industrialists, the von Gerlachs, live near Hamburg in an ugly old mansion in the middle of a park. The playwright, although affirming a love for humanity in the abstract, never seems to … Directed by. Father has talked. The father exits, and Leni knocks on Franz's door, which he opens. No_Favorite. Oh, no! Leni calls him a coward, afraid of words. It was first produced in 1959 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. If Franz accepts, Father says he will release Werner from his oath, saving both Werner and Johanna. Sophia Loren, Fredric March, Maximilian Schell, Robert Wagner, Francoise Prevost. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. View production, box office, & company info, Pós-Neorrealismo / Italian Post-Neorealist Cinema. So we struck. He tells his crabs: "Don't be taken in, comrades, Leni cannot lie. 114. Seeming to speak of the crabs, she tells Franz "they'll kill you if you don't defend yourself." The flashbacks reveal Franz's opposition to the Nazis and relate the encounters which forced him to enlist and later to seal himself up. Add the first question. Johanna sees him and goes toward --him. Leni later addresses the crabs directly: "...you will condemn us outright, but I couldn't care less." This century is a woman in labor. Edition Notes Translation of Les séquestrés d'Altona. If you want to command, think of yourself as someone else... Werner: I'm lucky, in fact. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. How far would we have to run? Father: To obey and to command is the same thing. She repeatedly criticizes how he looks to his crab-witnesses for their judgment of him. Clara, diagnosed with tubercolosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps, where she can finally take a break from her miserable life. Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. Trish Taylor wrote, "I saw this movie on "TV" thirty five years ago and it has stayed with me ever since". The Condemned of Altona 1960 play written by Jean-Paul Sartre Margit Carlqvist et Ernst-Hugo Järegård dans une représentation de Les Séquestrés d'Altona en 1961 au Théâtre municipal de Göteborg . The second act takes place in Franz's room, where Leni cleans while waiting for Franz to finish recording a speech to his "Crabs". The Condemned of Altona (1962) $25.00 A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family’s shipbuilding empire. There've been cases where a partial cure's been possible If you're still alive, Leni, it's because I've decided to play this chance to the end", and returns the revolver to the drawer. Classifications Dewey Decimal Class 842.914 Library of Congress PQ2637.A82 S43 … Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C. Throughout the play, Sartre characteristically colors the text of the plot with his philosophic concepts, especially the notions of responsibility and freedom and the contrast between bad faith and authenticity. Plot Summary | Add Synopsis Sartre writes plays as if they were detective stories and this latest play is no exception to the rule. Here Sartre shows Father's power to stem from a self-deception Werner does not possess: Father claims his ability to command comes from his receiving of orders, despite the fact they are his own. http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/sartrebio.html, Witness to My Life & Quiet Moments in a War, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Condemned_of_Altona&oldid=925981815, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, French, Translated from the French by Sylvia and George Leeson, This page was last edited on 13 November 2019, at 15:01. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Leni tells him that the rest of the family is contriving against him, and that Johanna will come to see him. In the Italy of WWII, a widow and her lonely daughter seek for distance between them and the horrors of war. Franz reveals that he knows Johanna is lying to him about Germany. he knows he is naked. Best Horror Movies. In The Condemned of Altona, there is the internal and external conflict of free will and whether or not it can be controlled by a person. With Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Robert Wagner. EMBED. First produced in Paris in 1959, the play is a tense family psychodrama that explores issues of German guilt and responsibility for wartime and Holocaust atrocities. Until one of the three of us dies - you, my brother, or me. When Johanna says that she will leave, Father asks her to go and see Franz one last time and tell him that his father requests an interview. Myself, perhaps. Leni knocks on the door, and Franz continues: Franz: Well, it was a little late... to acquit me. The plot, that they have hidden their son because he is a wanted war criminal. Cover of the English edition, depicting the black window of Franz's crabs. The Condemned of Altona Filmed on location in Hamburg, with interiors in Italy, this tale of post-war Germany, as symbolized by the members of one family, is undoubtedly anti-German. It is the taste of the century. Father: I have just found you again. A change comes over him: "For the first time since the beginning of the scene, he is fully master of himself." Franz descends the steps slowly as they begin to speak. (Pause.) When he does this, he convinces her to agree to continue visiting him. Today I see a gleam of hope. That they collaborated willingly with the Nazis, as an industrial power. The trick brought nothing into the room, that's all. Werner: From whom? The beast was hiding, and suddenly we surprised his look deep in the eyes of our neighbors. Original title: I sequestrati di Altona. The walls are covered in placards with phrases written on them, and a large portrait of Hitler. Franz comes to her protection, and in the struggle Leni strikes the officer with a glass bottle. Johanna: Because they're true. Franz: Why not? Franz says that they are both criminals, and that he does not accept Father's ability to judge him, but nonetheless forces him to swear that he will not. Johanna tells Franz that he is tyrannizing them. A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact. If you love me, save me. The paterfamilias, referred to strictly as Father in the play, has two sons and a daughter. (He mimics her.) The day before he is to leave, he locks himself in his room. 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