No Time for Flowers
{{Short description|1952 film by Don Siegel}}
{{Infobox film
| name = No Time for Flowers
| image =File:No Time for Flowers.jpg
| caption =
| director = Don Siegel
| producer = Mort Briskin
Maurie M. Suess
| screenplay = Hans Wilhelm
László Vadnay
| starring = Viveca Lindfors
Paul Christian
Ludwig Stössel
| music = Herschel Burke Gilbert
| cinematography = Tony Braun
| editing = Henrietta Brunsch
| studio = Morjay Productions
| distributor = RKO Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1952|12|25|New York City|1953|1|31|US| ref1= {{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50599| title=No Time for Flowers: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=May 31, 2014}}|ref2=}}
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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No Time for Flowers is a 1952 American romantic comedy film directed by Don Siegel and starring Viveca Lindfors, Paul Christian and Ludwig Stössel.Mayer p.348 Featuring a Cold War setting and some location shooting in Vienna, it was distributed by RKO Pictures.
Plot
A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attaché who has just arrived from the United States.Kass, 1975 p. 110-111: Plot sketch.
Cast
- Viveca Lindfors as Anna Svoboda
- Paul Christian as Karl Marek
- Ludwig Stössel as Papa
- Adrienne Gessner as Mama
- Peter Preses as Emil Dadak
- Manfred Inger as Kudelka
- Peter Czejke as Stefan Svoboda
- Fred Berger as Anton Novotny
- Oskar Wegrostek as Johann Burian
- Helmut Janosch as Milo
- Hilde Jaeger as Mrs. Pilski
- Pepi Glöckner-Kramer as Flower Woman
- Reinhold Seigert as Police Guard
- Willi Schumann as Police Sergeant
- Ilka Windish as Woman Drunk
- Anton Mitterwurzer as Sedlacek
- Teo Prokop as Czech peasant
- Robert Eckert as Taxi driver
- Peter Brand as First soldier
- Karl Schwetter as Second soldier
Critical Appaisal
Judith M. Kass offers this assessment: “No Time for Flowers is a largely unsuccessful attempt at comedy in which Viveca Lindfors portrays a Ninotchka-like Czech, eager for both advancement in the Communist world and in the luxuries of the West.Kass, 1975 p. 100
Theme
Biographer Judith M. Kass notes this thematic element in the film:
{{blockquote |The fear that one can incriminate oneself or others, no matter how innocent a remark may be, and that no one can be trusted, are the main causes for anxiety in No Time for Flowers. Coupled with economic deprivation, this spiritual poverty is even harder to bear. Existing with these tribulations is a good-natured, more natural desire to be open, free to fall in love, and try for some happiness, however limited.Kass, 1975 p. 111}}
Footnotes
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Sources
- {{cite book |last1=Kass |first1=Judith M. |title=Don Siegel: The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 4 |date=1975 |publisher=Tanvity Press |location=New York |isbn=0-498-01665-X |page=207 |edition=1975}}
- Mayer, Geoff. Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Scarecrow Press, 2012.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0044971|title=No Time for Flowers}}
- {{cite news |title=Movie Review : No Time for Flowers (1952) At the Normandie |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E05E1DD1E3AE23BBC4E51DFB4678389649EDE |newspaper=New York Times |date=December 26, 1952 |accessdate=October 3, 2011}}
- {{cite news |title=No Time For Flowers |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/no-time-for-flowers/review/107637 |newspaper=TV Guide |accessdate=October 3, 2011}}
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Category:1952 romantic comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American romantic comedy films
Category:Films critical of communism
Category:Films directed by Don Siegel
Category:Films scored by Herschel Burke Gilbert
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:English-language romantic comedy films
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