Garfield the Movie: A Failure in Adapted Characters
An analysis on how the Garfield movie fails to represent the characters it is adapting, especially the women, by removing their best characteristics.
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Vera Meiners' life was sweet but unfortunately for her, it was not to last. Her husband, Jan, left her after she met a former lover in a harmless friendly meeting. Forced to resume her disrupted medical career, she worked in a Swiss clinic but, without the knowledge of the chief surgeon, Vera ordered a risky operation to be performed and was thereafter fired. Penniless, she then works in Spanish nightclubs in order to provide for herself and her child. After many years, she runs into her friend Frank again in one of these nightclubs...
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Vera Meiners' life was sweet but unfortunately for her, it was not to last. Her husband, Jan, left her after she met a former lover in a harmless friendly meeting. Forced to resume her disrupted medical career, she worked in a Swiss clinic but, without the knowledge of the chief surgeon, Vera ordered a risky operation to be performed and was thereafter fired. Penniless, she then works in Spanish nightclubs in order to provide for herself and her child. After many years, she runs into her friend Frank again in one of these nightclubs...
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Genre:Drama, Crime, Romance, Music
Written By:Rolf Hansen, Peter Groll
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Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:UFA
Cast
Rolf Hansen
Director
Zarah Leander
Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor
Hans Stüwe
Jan Meiners, Rechtsanwalt
Rossano Brazzi
Pablo, Radrennfahrer und Clown
Hilde Körber
Frau Gaspard, Mutter des operierten Kindes
Hans Brausewetter
Corbeau, Friseur
Herbert Hübner
Professor Rigaud, Klinikleiter
Agnes Windeck
Gast beim Abendempfang
Walter Gross
Kellner in der Hotelbar
Karl Martell
Frank Douglas, Versicherungsagent
Jutta von Alpen
Brigitte Meiners (as Jutta v. Alpen)
Elisabeth Markus
Dr. Gloria O'Connor
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