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Country
  
United StatesFranceWest GermanyItaly

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Genre
  
Drama

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Language
  
EnglishFrench

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Release date
  
May 6, 1964 (1964-05-06) (France)October 4, 1964 (1964-10-04) (United States)

Based on
  
The Visit

Writer
  
Ben Barzman (screenplay), Friedrich Durrenmatt (play), Maurice Valency (adaptation)

Cast
  
(Karla Zachanassian), (Serge Miller), (Anya), (Doctor), (Captain Dobrik), (Town Painter)

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The Visit is a 1964 international co-production film from France, Italy, Germany, and the United States, distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Bernhard Wicki and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Julien Derode, with the film's stars, Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, as co-producers.

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The screenplay was by Ben Barzman, adapted by Maurice Valency from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, The Visit of the Old Lady).

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Bergman and Quinn head a cast that includes Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa, Hans Christian Blech, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese, Claude Dauphin, and Eduardo Ciannelli.

The Visit (1964 film) movie scenes

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Plot

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Karla (Claire in the play) Zachanassian (Ingrid Bergman), a fabulously wealthy woman, returns to a decaying village she had been forced to leave years earlier in disgrace. She had a child by Serge Miller (Anthony Quinn), who denied paternity. Her purpose in this "visit" is to make a deal with the inhabitants — in exchange for a vast sum of money, she wants Miller killed.

At first reluctant, they 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 what they might have done for the rest of their lives.

Cast

  • Ingrid Bergman as Karla Zachannassian
  • Anthony Quinn as Serge Miller
  • Irina Demick as Anya
  • Claude Dauphin as Bardick
  • Paolo Stoppa as Doctor
  • Romolo Valli as Town Painter
  • Valentina Cortese as Mathilda Miller
  • Eduardo Ciannelli as Innkeeper
  • Jacques Dufilho as Fisch
  • Leonard Steckel as Priest
  • Ernst Schröder as Mayor
  • Fausto Tozzi as Darvis
  • Hans Christian Blech as Captain Dobrik
  • Lelio Luttazzi as First Idler
  • Marco Guglielmi as Chesco
  • Renzo Palmer as Conductor
  • Dante Maggio as Cadek
  • Richard Münch as Teacher
  • Main themes

    Dürrenmatt stresses that The Visit is a tragicomedy. However, it is a study of the darker elements of human nature. The themes of the film, as with the play, are greed, revenge and corruption and the fact that money can buy anything, even justice. Power that comes from money can lead to hate and even murder and to the collapse of ordinary morality.

    Awards

  • Bernhard Wicki was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival
  • The film received a nomination for Best Costume design-Black and White (René Hubert) at the Academy Awards.
  • References

    The Visit (1964 film) Wikipedia
    The Visit (1964 film) IMDb The Visit (1964 film) themoviedb.org


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