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| name = The Visit
| name = The Visit
| image = The Visit (1964 film).jpg
| image = The Visit (1964 film).jpg
| caption = Original [[film poster]]
| caption = Original U.S. [[film poster]]
| director = [[Bernhard Wicki]]
| director = [[Bernhard Wicki]]
| producer = [[Darryl F. Zanuck]]<br>[[Julien Derode]]<br>Ingrid Bergman<br>Anthony Quinn
| producer = Julien Derode<br>[[Anthony Quinn]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Visit (play)|The Visit]]''|[[Friedrich Durrenmatt]]}}
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Visit (play)|The Visit]]''|[[Friedrich Durrenmatt]]}}
| screenplay = [[Ben Barzman]]<br>[[Maurice Valency]] (adaptation)
| writer = [[Ben Barzman]]<br>[[Maurice Valency]]
| starring = [[Ingrid Bergman]]<br>[[Anthony Quinn]]<br>[[Irina Demick]]<br>[[Paolo Stoppa]]
| starring = [[Ingrid Bergman]]<br>Anthony Quinn
| music = [[Richard Arnell]]<br>[[Hans-Martin Majewski]]
| music = [[Richard Arnell]]<br>[[Hans-Martin Majewski]]
| cinematography = [[Armando Nannuzzi]]
| cinematography = [[Armando Nannuzzi]]
| editing = [[Samuel E. Beetley]]<br>[[Françoise Diot]]
| editing = [[Samuel E. Beetley]]<br>Françoise Diot
| studio = {{ubl|
* [[Darryl F. Zanuck|Darryl F. Zanuck Productions]]
* Les Films du Siècle
* P.E.C.F.
* Dear Film
* [[20th Century Fox|Deutsche Fox Film]]
}}
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{Start date|1964|5|6}} {{small|(France)}}<br>{{start date|1964|10|4|}} {{small|(United&nbsp;States)}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1964|5|6|[[1964 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|1964|07|31|France|1964|09|17|West Germany|1964|10|4|U.S.}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| runtime = 100 minutes
| language = English<br />French
| language = English
| country = United States<br>France<br>West Germany<br>Italy
| country = {{ubl|
* United States<ref name=afi>{{Cite web |title=The Visit (1964) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/22450 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films|AFI|Catalog]]}}</ref>
* France<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web |title=Der BESUCH (1964) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a5c05ce |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
* West Germany<ref name=bfi/>
* Italy<ref name=bfi/>
}}
| budget =
| budget =
| gross = $1.1 million (US/ Canada)<ref>"Big Rental Pictures of 1964", ''Variety'', 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.</ref>
| gross = $1.1 million (US/ Canada)<ref>"Big Rental Pictures of 1964", ''Variety'', 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.</ref>
}}
}}


'''''The Visit''''' is a 1964 French, Italian, German and American [[international co-production]] film distributed by [[20th Century Fox]]. It was directed by [[Bernhard Wicki]] and produced by [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] and Julien Derode. The film's stars [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Anthony Quinn]] also served as coproducers.
'''''The Visit''''' is a 1964 [[drama film]] directed by [[Bernhard Wicki]], adapted by [[Ben Barzman]] and [[Maurice Valency]] from [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]]'s [[The Visit (play)|1956 play of the same name]]. It stars [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Anthony Quinn]], who also produced. [[Irina Demick]], [[Paolo Stoppa]], [[Hans Christian Blech]], [[Romolo Valli]], [[Valentina Cortese]] and [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] play supporting roles.


An international co-production between American, French, West German and Italian companies, ''The Visit'' premiered at the [[1964 Cannes Film Festival]], where it was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]]. It was released in the United States on September 17, 1964, and received generally positive reviews.
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The screenplay was written by [[Ben Barzman]] and adapted by [[Maurice Valency]] based on [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]]'s 1956 play ''[[The Visit (play)|Der Besuch der alten Dame]]'' (literally, ''The Visit of the Old Lady''). At the film's end, protagonist Serge Miller's life is spared, but in the original play, the character (named Alfred Ill) is killed.

Along with Bergman and Quinn, the cast includes [[Irina Demick]], [[Paolo Stoppa]], [[Hans Christian Blech]], [[Romolo Valli]], [[Valentina Cortese]], [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] and [[Eduardo Ciannelli]]. Bergman and Quinn would later costar again in the 1970 romantic melodrama ''[[A Walk in the Spring Rain]]''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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At first reluctant, the townspeople eventually accept the arrangement and Miller is condemned to death. At the last moment, Karla stops the execution and tells the citizens that they will have to live with the guilt of their murderous choice for the rest of their lives, while Miller will have to live with the knowledge that his friends and neighbors were willing to kill him for money.
At first reluctant, the townspeople eventually accept the arrangement and Miller is condemned to death. At the last moment, Karla stops the execution and tells the citizens that they will have to live with the guilt of their murderous choice for the rest of their lives, while Miller will have to live with the knowledge that his friends and neighbors were willing to kill him for money.

Announcing that the visit is over, Karla leaves the town, taking with her Anya, a young woman whose life Karla fears may be damaged like her own.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Ingrid Bergman]] as Karla Zachannassian
* [[Ingrid Bergman]] as Karla Zachannassian
* [[Anthony Quinn]] as Serge Miller
* [[Anthony Quinn]] as Serge Miller
* [[Paolo Stoppa]] as the Doctor
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* [[Valentina Cortese]] as Mathilda Miller
* [[Irina Demick]] as Anya
* [[Irina Demick]] as Anya
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* [[Romolo Valli]] as the Town Painter
* [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] as Bardick
* [[Claude Dauphin (actor)|Claude Dauphin]] as Bardick
* [[Paolo Stoppa]] as Doctor
* [[Jacques Dufilho]] as Constable Fisch
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* [[Romolo Valli]] as Town Painter
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* [[Valentina Cortese]] as Mathilda Miller
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* [[Eduardo Ciannelli]] as Innkeeper
* [[Jacques Dufilho]] as Fisch
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* [[Leonard Steckel]] as Priest
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* [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]] as Mayor
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* [[Fausto Tozzi]] as Darvis
* [[Hans Christian Blech]] as Captain Dobrik
* [[Hans Christian Blech]] as Captain Dobrik
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* [[Richard Münch (actor)|Richard Münch]] as the Teacher
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* [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]] as the Mayor
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* [[Leonard Steckel]] as the Priest
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* [[Eduardo Ciannelli]] as the Innkeeper
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* [[Marco Guglielmi]] as Constable Chesco
* [[Lelio Luttazzi]] as First Idler
* [[Lelio Luttazzi]] as First Idler
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* [[Marco Guglielmi]] as Chesco
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* [[Renzo Palmer]] as Conductor
* [[Dante Maggio]] as Cadek
* [[Dante Maggio]] as Cadek
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* [[Renzo Palmer]] as the Conductor
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* [[Richard Münch (actor)|Richard Münch]] as Teacher
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* [[Fausto Tozzi]] as Darvis
* [[Max Frisch]] as Himself
}}
== Production ==
The fictional Central European village of Güllen was built on the backlots of [[Cinecittà|Cinecittà Studios]] in Rome, while the exteriors were shot on-location in the town of [[Capranica, Lazio|Capranica]].<ref name=afi/>

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The film contains several differences from [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]]'s original play. A significant alteration is in the ending. In the film, Serge Miller's life is spared, but in the original play, the character (named Alfred Ill) is killed.

Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn would later costar again in the 1970 romantic melodrama ''[[A Walk in the Spring Rain]]''.


==Reception==
==Reception==
According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $6,100,000 in film rentals to break even but earned only $2,635,000, losing money for the studio.<ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv/page/323 323]|title=The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox|url=https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv|url-access=registration|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M|year=1988|publisher=L. Stuart|isbn=9780818404856 }}</ref>
According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $6,100,000 in film rentals to break even but earned only $2,635,000, losing money for the studio.<ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv/page/323 323]|title=The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox|url=https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv|url-access=registration|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M|year=1988|publisher=L. Stuart|isbn=9780818404856 }}</ref>


==Awards==
=== Awards and nominations ===
* Bernhard Wicki was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or|Golden Palm]] at the [[1964 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2925/year/1964.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Visit |access-date=2009-03-01|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
* Bernhard Wicki was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or|Golden Palm]] at the [[1964 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2925/year/1964.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Visit |access-date=2009-03-01|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
* The film received a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design-Black and White]] ([[René Hubert (costume designer)|René Hubert]]) at the [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars1965">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 |title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners |access-date=September 21, 2014|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* The film received a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design-Black and White]] ([[René Hubert (costume designer)|René Hubert]]) at the [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars1965">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1965 |title=The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners |access-date=September 21, 2014|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

Revision as of 09:17, 24 August 2023

The Visit
Original U.S. film poster
Directed byBernhard Wicki
Written byBen Barzman
Maurice Valency
Based onThe Visit
by Friedrich Durrenmatt
Produced byJulien Derode
Anthony Quinn
StarringIngrid Bergman
Anthony Quinn
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited bySamuel E. Beetley
Françoise Diot
Music byRichard Arnell
Hans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 6 May 1964 (1964-05-06) (Cannes)
  • 31 July 1964 (1964-07-31) (France)
  • 17 September 1964 (1964-09-17) (West Germany)
  • 4 October 1964 (1964-10-04) (U.S.)
Running time
100 minutes
Country
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (US/ Canada)[3]

The Visit is a 1964 drama film directed by Bernhard Wicki, adapted by Ben Barzman and Maurice Valency from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play of the same name. It stars Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, who also produced. Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa, Hans Christian Blech, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese and Claude Dauphin play supporting roles.

An international co-production between American, French, West German and Italian companies, The Visit premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was released in the United States on September 17, 1964, and received generally positive reviews.

Plot

Karla Zachanassian, a fabulously wealthy woman, returns to a decaying village that she had been forced to desert years earlier in disgrace. She bore a child by Serge Miller, who denied paternity. The purpose of Karla's visit is to arrange a deal with the town's inhabitants: in exchange for a vast sum of money, she wants Miller killed.

At first reluctant, the townspeople eventually accept the arrangement and Miller is condemned to death. At the last moment, Karla stops the execution and tells the citizens that they will have to live with the guilt of their murderous choice for the rest of their lives, while Miller will have to live with the knowledge that his friends and neighbors were willing to kill him for money.

Announcing that the visit is over, Karla leaves the town, taking with her Anya, a young woman whose life Karla fears may be damaged like her own.

Cast

Production

The fictional Central European village of Güllen was built on the backlots of Cinecittà Studios in Rome, while the exteriors were shot on-location in the town of Capranica.[1]

The film contains several differences from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's original play. A significant alteration is in the ending. In the film, Serge Miller's life is spared, but in the original play, the character (named Alfred Ill) is killed.

Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn would later costar again in the 1970 romantic melodrama A Walk in the Spring Rain.

Reception

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $6,100,000 in film rentals to break even but earned only $2,635,000, losing money for the studio.[4]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Visit (1964)". AFI|Catalog. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Der BESUCH (1964)". BFI. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  3. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.
  4. ^ Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 323. ISBN 9780818404856.
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Visit". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  6. ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

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