RIVER OF NO RETURN · FLUSS OHNE WIEDERKEHR | Black Box im Filmmuseum

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RIVER OF NO RETURN - RIVER OF NO RETURN

USA 1954 - 91 min - OmU - digitalDCP - FSK 12 - R: Otto Preminger - B: Frank Fenton C: Joseph LaShelle - D: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Rettig, Rory Calhoun, Murvyn Vye a. o.

Two disparate characters meet in a makeshift gold-mining town: he is a farmer with a murky past who wants to take his nine-year-old son to live with him; she is a tantalizing singer who entertains the local fortune-seekers but actually dreams of performing on the world's great stages. Their paths cross only briefly, only to diverge again immediately. Later, however, they become a community of destiny and have to overcome numerous dangers and moral challenges.

With RIVER OF NO RETURN, Otto Preminger, who has masterfully alternated between different genres in his long career, directs his only western. The story seems, quite literally, tailor-made for Monroe: Her character is presented with a grand and self-confident eroticism, but beneath its surface lies anxiety, self-doubt and a desire for a strong partner. Monroe herself, who tried all her life to free herself from her image of the lascivious blonde, felt that her work in this film was her weakest. Nevertheless, especially in the quieter scenes, she shows a fragility that allows her great talent as a multi-faceted actress to shine through.

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