Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

Director: Michael Curtiz
Country: USA

1945 | 111 min. | English
Subtitles: German
FSK 16

Cast_ Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth Screenplay_ Ranald MacDougall Camera_ Ernest Haller Producer_ Jerry Wald Rights_ Park Circus

What is the extent of a mother’s love? A woman (Joan Crawford) does everything she can to secure her children’s affection and give them a bright future.

Among the legendary melodramas of Hollywood cinema, Michael Curtiz’s ›Mildred Pierce‹ is one of the most unusual and best. The title character is a single mother who does everything she can to give her two daughters a life free of financial worries. But the older of the two, after becoming successful, proves to be diabolically ungrateful.

A film that is many things at once: film noir, mother-daughter drama, and a scathing commentary on class relations. As Mildred, Joan Crawford took on her greatest role and earned herself an Oscar.

Director

Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) began his directing career in Hungary in 1912 before moving to Hollywood in 1926. There he authored a series of outstanding classics, including ›Angels with Dirty Faces‹ (1938), ›The Sea Wolf‹ (1941), ›Casablanca‹ (1942), and ›The Breaking Point‹ (1950).

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