Rogue Male (фильм 1976 года)

Разбойник мужчина
На основе	Разбойник мужчина Джеффри Хозяйство
Сценарий	Фредерик Рафаэль
Режиссер	Клайв Доннер
В главной роли	Питер О'Тул John Standing Alastair Sim Harold Pinter
Composer	Christopher Gunning
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Mark Shivas
Cinematography	Brian Tufano
Editor	Dan Rae
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	100m
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	22 September 1976 (1976-09-22)

Rogue Male - британский телевизионный фильм 1976 года с участием Питера О'Тула в главной роли , основанный на романе Джеффри Догон 1939 года Rogue Male . Сделанный BBC , он был адаптирован Фредериком Рафаэлем , режиссером Клайва Доннера , а также снятия Аластера Сим (в его последней роли фильма), Джоном Стоном и Гарольдом Пинтером . Он был впервые транслируется 22 сентября 1976 года.

Сюжет

В начале 1939 года, перед началом Второй мировой войны , сэр Роберт Хантер (О'Тул) стремится к Адольфу Гитлеру с охотничьей винтовкой, но не решается стрелять, его замечает и снимается охранником Schutzstaffel (SS). Захваченный и замученный гестапо , он утверждает, что его стремление к Гитлеру была просто интеллектуальным упражнением, чтобы увидеть, можно ли это сделать. Из -за его высокого статуса в Британии его похитители намерены застрелить его и закрепить его как авария на охоте, но, поскольку его тело демонстрирует четкие доказательства пыток, они решили вместо этого бросить его со скалы, чтобы замаскировать знаки.

However, Hunter survives the fall, and, with the aid of a German fisherman and a friendly sailor, makes his way back to England. He soon discovers that the German agents are after him, and that the Nazi government has requested his extradition. After killing a pursuer by electrocuting him on the London Underground, Sir Robert, now a fugitive, goes underground in rural England to escape his pursuers. It is revealed through flashbacks that his girlfriend, who played a role in organizing the German Resistance, was executed by the Nazi government.

Hunter's lead pursuer, an English Nazi sympathizer named Major Quive-Smith, successfully tracks him to his lair and traps him within it. Rather than kill Hunter, Quive-Smith offers to spare his life if he signs a false confession stating that he attempted to assassinate Hitler on behalf of British intelligence. Over the course of several days, Hunter constructs a rudimentary crossbow, lures Quive-Smith into looking down his breathing hole, and shoots him in the head, killing him.

Soon afterwards, Britain declares war against Germany, and Hunter, now with his status restored, agrees to discuss with the Admiralty about a secret mission (heavily implied to be a second attempt on Hitler's life).

Cast

• Peter O'Toole as Sir Robert Hunter
• John Standing as Major Quive-Smith
• Alastair Sim as The Earl
• Harold Pinter as Saul Abrahams
• Michael Byrne as Interrogator
• Mark McManus as Vaner
• Ray Smith as Fisherman
• Hugh Manning as Peale
• Robert Lang as Jessel
• Cyd Hayman as Rebecca
• Ian East as Muller
• Philip Jackson as 1st Seaman
• Nicholas Ball as 2nd Seaman
• Maureen Lipman as Freda
• Ray Mort as Gerald
• Michael Sheard as Hitler
• Shirley Dynevor as Eva Braun
• Ivor Roberts as Drake
• John Ringham as SS Officer

Background

The novel had been filmed in 1941 by Fritz Lang, as Man Hunt, with Walter Pidgeon in the lead role.

According to producer Mark Shivas, script editor Richard Broke had the idea of making six TV movie thrillers for the BBC which showed the changing nature of the British hero from 1918 to 1939, with Rogue Male to be the last. Shivas was then working on an adaptation of The Glittering Prizes with writer Frederic Raphael and commissioned him to adapt Rogue Male. Raphael went back to the novel and ignored the 1941 film. Shivas felt there were three things any version of Rogue Male had to have, the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler at the beginning of the story, the chase on the London Underground and the battle underground at the end. Filming took 25 days and involved 29 locations. Shivas would make two others in the series, She Fell Among Thieves and The Three Hostages.

Interviewed by the Radio Times for the first screening of the film, Household acknowledged that he always intended the protagonist's target to be Hitler, "Although the idea for Rogue Male germinated from my intense dislike of Hitler, I did not actually name him in the book as things were a bit tricky at the time and I thought I would leave it open so that the target could be either Hitler or Stalin. You could take your pick".

It was reported that Peter O'Toole had agreed to be cast in Rogue Male partly because the original novel was a favourite of his wife Sian Phillips.

Production

Some of the filming took place around King's Stag in Dorset, including the area around a local pub, The Fox Inn, Court Hill, Corscombe, Dorset.
As a TV production, the film was made on a relatively tight budget and the crew was paid at the lower rates applicable to TV productions.

Release and reception

Несмотря на свой низкий бюджет, BBC был признан готовым фильмом, который подходит для выпуска кино на международном уровне. Это имел потенциал для вызывания юридических и промышленных проблем в Великобритании, потому что экипаж не был оплачен по ставке, применимым к выпускам кино. Би -би -си решила прекратить показы в Великобритании и запретить будущие показы в Великобритании. В интервью Francine Stock для кинопрограммы BBC Radio 4 в 2007 году Питер О'Тул назвал фильм своим любимым среди тех, которые он сделал.

Внешние ссылки

• Rogue Male в IMDB