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Trapeze is a 1956 American circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, in her American film debut. The film is based on Max Catto's 1950 novel The Killing Frost, with an adapted screenplay written by Liam O'Brien.[3]

Trapeze
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carol Reed
Written by	Max Catto (novel) Liam O'Brien (adaptation) James R. Webb (screenplay)
Produced by	James Hill
Starring	Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Gina Lollobrigida
Cinematography	Robert Krasker
Music by	Malcolm Arnold
Production company	Hecht-Hill-Lancaster
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 30, 1956 (1956-05-30)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Italian
Budget	$4 million[1]
Box office	$15.5 million (US)[2]

The film performed well at the box office, placing among the top three earners of 1956 in the United States and Canada[4] and as the fourth-most-popular film at the British box office in 1956.[5]

Plot

Crippled trapeze aerialist and former star Mike Ribble sees great promise in young, brash Tino Orsini. Ribble, only the sixth man to have completed the dangerous triple somersault, thinks that his protégé is capable of matching the same feat, but only if he provides him with rigorous training. However, Orsini is distracted by the new third member of their circus act, the manipulative Lola. Tensions rise as a love triangle forms.

Cast

• Burt Lancaster as Mike Ribble
• Tony Curtis as Tino Orsini
• Gina Lollobrigida as Lola
• Katy Jurado as Rosa
• Thomas Gomez as Bouglione
• Johnny Puleo as Max
• Minor Watson as John Ringling North
• Gérard Landry as Chikki
• Jean-Pierre Kérien as Otto
• Sid James as Harry the Snake Charmer
• Gamil Ratib as Stefan

Production

Lancaster, a former circus acrobat, performed many of his own stunts, though the most dangerous (including the climactic triple somersault) were performed by technical consultant Eddie Ward from the Ringling Brothers Circus.[6]

Trapeze was filmed entirely in Paris, including at the Cirque d'Hiver and at the nearby Billancourt studios.[6]

Reception

Burt Lancaster won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award at the 6th Berlin International Film Festival.[7] Reed was nominated for best director by the Directors Guild of America.

Pauline Kael of The New Yorker wrote: "There's vitality in Carol Reed's direction, and an exuberant sweep in Robert Krasker's camera work. Burt Lancaster and Gina Lollobrigida function as stars--they're magnetic."

Bosley Crowther panned the film in his review for The New York Times, writing that the story was "dismally obvious and monotonous", the direction no better and the dialogue "dull and hackneyed." He also criticized the film's leads, writing that Lollobrigida offered nothing beyond her beauty and that Curtis and Lancaster were both uninteresting.[8]

See also

• List of American films of 1956

References

External links

• Trapeze at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Trapez (Film)

Trapez (Originaltitel: Trapeze) ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmdrama des britischen Regisseurs Carol Reed aus dem Jahr 1956. Das Zirkusmelodram, das auf dem 1950 erschienenen Roman Unwiderruflich (The Killing Frost) von Max Catto basiert, stellt zwei befreundete Artisten mit Fliegendem Trapez (gespielt von Burt Lancaster und Tony Curtis) in den Mittelpunkt. Zwischen sie drängt sich eine ehrgeizige Frau (Gina Lollobrigida). Der Film wurde von Harold Hechts, Lancasters und James Hills gegründetem Produktionsunternehmen Hecht-Hill-Lancaster produziert und am 30. Mai 1956 in den Vereinigten Staaten uraufgeführt.[2]

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- [en] Trapeze (film)

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[ru] Трапеция (фильм)

Трапеци́я (англ. Trapeze) — американский художественный фильм режиссёра Кэрола Рида, вышедший в прокат в 1956 году. Главные роли исполнили Берт Ланкастер, Тони Кёртис и Джина Лоллобриджида — что стало её дебютом в Голливуде.

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