Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

Regista:

Albert Lewin

Sceneggiatore:

Albert Lewin (writer)

Data di uscita:

15 ottobre 1951 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | Mystery | Romance

Slogan:

The Woman of the year in the picture of the year ! [Australia Theatrical]

Plot:

Albert Lewin's interpretation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman. In a little spanish seaport named Esperanza...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Enigma | Drunk | Drunkenness | Antiquity

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Real cinematic voyage

Cast

James Mason	...	Hendrik van der Zee
Ava Gardner	...	Pandora Reynolds
Nigel Patrick	...	Stephen Cameron
Sheila Sim	...	Janet
Harold Warrender	...	Geoffrey Fielding
Mario Cabré	...	Juan Montalvo
Marius Goring	...	Reggie Demarest
John Laurie	...	Angus
Pamela Mason	...	Jenny (as Pamela Kellino)
Patricia Raine	...	Peggy
Margarita D'Alvarez	...	Senora Montalvo
La Pillina	...	Spanish dancer
Abraham Sofaer	...	Judge
Francisco Igual	...	Vicente
Guillermo Beltrán	...	Barman
Lilli Molnar	...	Geoffrey's housekeeper (as Lila Molnar)
Phoebe Hodgson	...	Dressmaker
Gabriel Carmona	...	Member of Montalvo's cuadrilla
Antonio Martín	...	Member of Montalvo's cuadrilla
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Lolita Allergria	...	Singer, Zanba number (uncredited)
John Carew	...	Priest (uncredited)
Helen Cleverley	...	(uncredited)
Pepe de la Isla	...	Guitarist, Zambra number (uncredited)
Christiana Forbes	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Edward Leslie	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Ricardo Valle	...	(uncredited)
Gerald Welsh	...	(uncredited)

Regia di
Albert Lewin

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
Albert Lewin		writer

Prodotto da
Joe Kaufmann	....	producer
Albert Lewin	....	producer
John Woolf	....	producer (uncredited)

Musiche originali di
Alan Rawsthorne

Fotografia di
Jack Cardiff

Montaggio di
Ralph Kemplen
Clive Donner		(uncredited)

Scenografie di
John Bryan

Costumi di
Beatrice Dawson

Art Department
John Hawkesworth	....	set dresser
T. Hopewell Ash	....	assistant art director

Sonoro
Alan Allen	....	sound recordist
Harry Miller	....	sound editor

Effetti speciali
W. Percy Day	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Man Ray	....	still photographer
Edward Scaife	....	photographer: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julia Squire	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Joan Bridge	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department
Hubert Clifford	....	musical director

Altro personale
Gordon Griffith	....	assistant to producers
Angela Allen	....	continuity (uncredited)
Catherine O'Brien	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Jeanie Sims	....	assistant: Albert Lewin (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dorkay Productions
• Romulus Films

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (USA) (theatrical)
• Kino Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Kino Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Kino Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Alias:

Pandora (Italy) [it]

Durata:

122 min

Nazionalità:

UK

Lingua:

Inglese | Spagnolo

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Luoghi delle riprese:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Dorkay Productions

Curiosità:

Man Ray also painted the paintings and designed the chess set.

Errori:

Anacronismi: The picture that Hendrik carries of his late wife is a photograph. Photography had not yet been invented in the 17th century, when his wife was last alive.

Citazioni:

Geoffrey Fielding: [about Pandora and the Dutchman] I know now that they were in love. But I have a feeling that they never spoke of it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Married Life (2007)

Colonna sonora:

Sailor's Song

Real cinematic voyage

You must make your own mind up here. This a rare movie but classic discovery. James Mason will disturb you as the Flying Dutchman. Ava Gardnar tries to be the star but Mason will remove you into the make believe world, that is the quality of this movie.

We don't see Mason for a while and we see Gardner a lot but this is a treat for the reasons that movies were made for. Its just beautiful and other comments like 'sentimental' or 'pretentious' are really stupid here.

This is great cinema like it should be. Of course nonesense but this is a world created successfully by the celluloid which is the whole purpose. Brilliant.