I Am a Camera (1955)
I Am a Camera (1955)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 5700 kbps | 4.3Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:38:00 | UK | Drama
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 5700 kbps | 4.3Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
01:38:00 | UK | Drama
In the early thirties, aspiring writer Christopher Isherwood, living in Berlin, meets the vivacious, penniless singer Sally Bowles. They develop a platonic relationship while Sally has a wild time spending other peoples money.
Director: Henry Cornelius
Cast: Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters, Ron Randell, Lea Seidl, Anton Diffring, Ina De La Haye, Jean Gargoet, Stanley Maxted, Alexis Bobrinskoy, Andre Mikhelson, Frederick Valk, Tutte Lemkow, Patrick McGoohan, Julia Arnall, Zoe Newton, David Kossoff, Paddy Smith, Bill Brandon, Ann Elsdon, Stanley Morrell, Bill Billington, Anita Douglas, Charles Saynor, Henry Purvis, Geoffrey Dunn, Peter Prowse, Stan Bernard, Harold Siddons, William Adams
I Am a Camera (1955)
I Am a Camera (1955)
IMDb
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Much reviled when it first appeared, (inspiring the famous review 'Me No Leica'), this precursor of "Cabaret" can now be looked at in comparison and it's not half bad. It's certainly no classic but it has its own wayward charm, (the film version of "Cabaret" follows this plot whereas the stage version changed the plot somewhat). One should, of course, resist the temptation to snicker when Laurence Harvey's Christopher Isherwood, (it keeps the original author's real name; God Knows what Isherwood thought of it), describes himself as 'a confirmed bachelor' and while Harvey is an utterly inadequate 'hero', (he's virtually asexual), and Shelly Winters woefully miscast as Fraulien Landauer, (the part Marisa Berenson played in "Cabaret"), Julie Harris is a perfectly marvellous Sally, (it's a lovely piece of comic acting), and Anton Diffring is first-rate as Fritz, the German-Jew in love with Shelly's character. Of course, if "Cabaret" had never come along you might ask yourself would this ever have seen the light of day again. That it has been revived may not quite be cause for celebration but it's perfectly acceptable all the same.
~ Martin Bradley
I Am a Camera (1955)
I Am a Camera (1955)
