Also Known As: La vie passionnée de Vincent van Gogh
Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Aspect Ratio: 2.55 : 1
Plot: Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships. He fails at being a preacher to coal miners. He fails in his relationships with women. He earns some respect among his fellow painters, especially Paul Gauguin, but he does not get along with them. He only manages to sell one painting in his lifetime. The one constant good in his life is his brother Theo, who is unwavering in his moral and financial support.
Cast and Character: Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh / Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin / James Donald as Theo Van Gogh / Pamela Brown as Christine / Everett Sloane as Dr. Gachet / Niall MacGinnis as Roulin / Noel Purcell as Anton Mauve / Henry Daniell as Theodorus Van Gogh / Madge Kennedy as Anna Cornelia Van Gogh / Jill Bennett as Willemien / Lionel Jeffries as Dr. Peyron / Laurence Naismith as Dr. Bosman / Eric Pohlmann as Colbert / Jeanette Sterke as Kay / Toni Gerry as Johanna
Trailer: n/A
Creators: n/A
Description: The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli
Genres: Biography / Drama
Location: 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
MPAA: Approved
Opening Weekend: n/A
Poster: posters/0049456.jpg
Rating: 7.3
Release Date: 26 December 1956 (Sweden)
Runtime: 122 min
Seasons: n/A
Sound Mix: Mono / 4-Track Stereo
Tagline: THE MOST REVEALING LIFE-INSPIRED STORY EVER FILMED! (original print ad - all caps)
Title: Lust for Life
Trailer:
Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049456/
Votes: 5,070
Writers: Norman Corwin / Irving Stone
Year: 1956
Lust for Life got rated 7.3.
About the movie: Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships. He fails at being a preacher to coal miners. He fails in his relationships with women. He earns some respect among his fellow painters, especially Paul Gauguin, but he does not get along with them. He only manages to sell one painting in his lifetime. The one constant good in his life is his brother Theo, who is unwavering in his moral and financial support.
Lásky jedné plavovlásky got rated 7.6.
About the movie: A factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have been conscripted. The army sends reservists, mostly married middle-aged men - and the local beauty Andula, spurns those bold enough to try to win her, for the jazz pianist, newly come from Prague to perform. He seduces her and impresses her, telling her "most women are round, like guitars but you are a guitar by Picasso". Staying the night with him causes a lecture on a young woman's honour at her hostel so she throws over her other suitors and makes her way to Prague to find the young man. His protective Mamma and weary Pappa are not pleased when she arrives on the doorstep with her suitcase.
Amour got rated 7.8.
About the movie: Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both.
Lola Montès got rated 7.3.
About the movie: The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction of a circus after being the lover of various important European men.
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