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But Father Malachias's troubles have only
begun . Instead of having the desired effect ,
table night club near his church be re-
of a little monk who prays that a disrepu-
the miracle becomes exploited by a group
transplanted to an island in the North Sea .
given a gala society reopening on the
crowning indignity the night club is
the missing building . The Church rebukes the
island . Father Malachias goes to the island ,
poor monk for his miracle , and as a
Soon a carnival springs up on the sight of
night club is replaced in its original
setting .
prays , and in a second miracle the
the glaring beacon of a lighthouse .
tells his story best in the faces of his crowds ,
the wildly flapping white sails slashed by
with brutal honesty , building up to a
Here , the guests arrive in ghost-like yachts ,
A summary of the story can give almost
tremendous climax in the island orgy .
recording every wrinkle and drop of sweat
indication of the scope of Wicki's artistry . He
last days of a sick society .
and thoroughly frightening . Wicki has
marvellous joke ; no one has learned anything . Wicki
walking in the streets , smug , content , satisfied ,
recording his personal apocalypse of the
succeeded in his second film in
complete silence he shows the faces of people
When the final miracle does occur , it is accepted as a
suddenly returns to the city for a final epilogue . In
" Dolce Vita , " for it is far more intimate and deeply
It is most unfair to call " Malachias " a cut-rate
Third Reich with the sinking of the great ocean liner ,
in " Titanic " by paralleling the last days of the
felt . In 1944 Herbert Selpin tried a similar feat
and paid for his audacity with his life .
to " Vogue , " " Cahiers du Cinema , " and the
worst aspects of the American cinema . From
out into a series of repetitious sight-gags
the film with extreme coolness , much preferring
Aznavour ) .
est une Femme , " a ninety-one minute hymn
uninitiated ( including four plugs for Charles
and personal jokes incomprehensible to the
Strangely enough , the Berlin audience received
a brilliantly funny start , the work fizzles
Jean-Luc Godard's disappointing " Une Femme
" Unheimliche Geschichten " ( 1920 ) , five ghost stories
This director is at last being re-evaluated and
with a light touch , and there was much to admire
given his proper place in the history of the
Germany to start the First World War .
tries to show that it took more than just
but extremely important " 1914 " ( 1931 ) , which
in " Dreyfus " ( 1930 ) and the virtually unknown
German film . Most charming was his tongue-in-cheek
and the audience at the awards was particularly
film . Gifted with an interesting face , although little
generous in giving everyone something , and silver
worth watching in the months to come .
bears are awarded in every direction . Both the
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as best actress for her work in the Godard
acting ability , she would seem to be well
enthusiastic when one Miss Anna Kerima was selected
Prizes being what they are , Berlin is unusually
Antonioni and Wicki films took high honours ,
living , that once seemed so new and so
situation and movement it matters a lot ) is
about it , of enormous cinematic enjoyment , and
It has a great look of speed and technical fun
above all of cinematic sense . Much of it has
who spends a few days with an American girl
sense of plot , matters much ; but in the sense of
that air of improvisation , as of off-the-cuff
attractive . The story ( not that the story , in the
that of a man on the run ( Jean-Paul Belmondo ) ,
lated into Seven Days ... Seven Nights ...
in Moderato Cantabile ( curiously trans-
well trounced by the critics wherever it
in France and shown last autumn at
has appeared . Leisurely , even slow ,
A certificate ) , Peter Brook's film made
the London Film Festival . In spite of
from Jeanne Moreau , this has been fairly
Belmondo reappears at the Paris Pullman
magnificent performances from him and
Malden not knowing how to take it ,
all rolling eyeballs like a villain
Donahue ; and Claudette Colbert , still
With a large blond youth of quite
charming amid the nonsense , and Karl
dazzling dumbness called Troy
from East Lynne .
this unity of conception and control are
play A Taste of Honey opens at the Leicester
part-author with Miss Delaney of the script ,