Verboten!
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| Directed by | Samuel Fuller |
| Produced by | Samuel Fuller |
| Written by | Samuel Fuller |
| Starring | James Best Susan Cummings Tom Pittman Harold Daye |
| Music by | Harry Sukman |
| Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
| Editing by | Philip Cahn |
| Studio | RKO Pictures Globe Enterprises |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1959 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Verboten! is a 1959 film written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller. It was the last film of the influential but troubled RKO studio, which co-produced it with Fuller's own Globe Enterprises. It was filmed at the RKO Forty Acres backlot.[1] Distribution was handled by Columbia Pictures.
Verboten! was the first of Samuel Fuller's films to be set during World War II, of which he was a veteran. He had previously drawn on his war experience to make movies about the Korean War and the French Indochina War. Raymond Harvey was the film's technical adviser; he had previously worked with Fuller on his Fixed Bayonets! (1951).
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[edit] Plot
The film begins at the end of World War II and follows an American soldier (James Best) living in Germany during its post-war reconstruction. The title is the German word for "forbidden," and refers to the taboo nature of his relationship with a German woman (Susan Cummings) who eventually becomes his wife. Her younger brother (Harold Daye) refuses to accept Germany's defeat and joins a guerilla group called the Werewolves.
[edit] Critical Reputation
Verboten! is held in fairly high esteem by contemporary critics. In his short review for the Chicago Reader, Dave Kehr referred to the film as "sleazy masterwork," describing it as "sweaty, claustrophobic, occasionally frenzied, and often brilliant."[2] The Time Out Film Guide summarizes the movie as "the great Fuller at his punchy, unsubtle best," adding that "Fuller's methods may not be sophisticated, but they are complex; as such, his own inimitably brash brand of didactism makes for riveting and powerful cinema."[3]
[edit] Home Video
Warner Archives released Verboten! on DVD in the United States on June 22, 2010.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.retroweb.com/40acres_rko_later_years.html
- ^ Chicago Reader: Verboten Capsule Review by Dave Kehr
- ^ Time Out Film Guide: Verboten
- ^ Verboten!, Dave Kehr, The New York Times, 8 July 2010
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[edit] External links
- Verboten! at the Internet Movie Database
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