The four feathers was a great critical and commercial success and received an academy award nomination for best cinematography. The four feathers 1978 music composed and conducted by allyn ferguson. The four feathers is a 1939 british technicolor adventure film directed by zoltan korda, starring john clements, ralph richardson. The four feathers, this version released in 1939, begins with the death of general gordon. June duprez is the scornful woman, pretty as a picture in the only feminine role. Harry faversham played by john clements, a young british army officer, is. Unsettling war violence notwithstanding, the four feathers is an extremely moral movie for mature audiences. When english soldier harry faversham john clements attempts to leave military service just before an expedition to the sudan, he is presented with feathers, symbolic of his cowardice, by other officers, including his friend captain john durrance ralph richardson. Most recently heath ledger starred in a morose 2002 version. The four feathers is a sequel of sorts, historically, to the movie khartoum made in 1966. In april 1939, with britain fearing it was drawing ever closer to a war with hitlers germany, anglophile emigre alexander korda released the four feathers, an epic blood and thunder adaptation of a. The acting is outstanding and the photography is beautifully done. The four young officers introduced as adults, ralph richardson as captain john, john clements, jack allen and donald gray as lieutenants harry, willoughby and peter, tension as their mission to egypt is revealed, in zoltan kordas version of the a. In what is at least the fifth filmed version of the four feathers, a soldier ordered to war resigns his commission.
He has just become engaged to a girl he adores and the concerns of a battle on the other side of the world do not seem important to him. The four feathers 2002 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The four feathers 1939 zoltan korda john clements ralph. Its a pretty compelling yarn, not to mention full of pretty pictures, and yet it could be so much more than that. In 1939, british producer alexander korda released the first sound adaptation of the novel. Masons 1902 novel the four feathers is a defining british adventure story about bravery, cowardice and honor. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. The four feathers 1939 synopsis harry faversham grows up in a british military household that puts a high premium on unwavering duty and service to country. Eagle day the german woman a lesson in murder the white feather foyles war michael kitchen 4pack. Some of the finest old school adventure moviemaking is found in the four feathers. The 1939 version of the story is by far the best, most interesting and enjoyable. The four feathers 1939 full hd full movie best quality on youtube warfilms youtube haemish kane. The zoltan korda version of the four feathers is the best known of the filming of the novel. This movie made 10 years later was a grand production done by the korda brothers in the uk with extended exotic shooting in sudan, looks and feels superior.
Unfortunately, feathers offered a much more mixed bag in terms of its visuals. The four feathers tells the story of harry faversham heath. The four feathers, british actionadventure film, released in 1939, that was based on the 1902 novel of the same name by a. Set during the reign of queen victoria, it tells the story of a man accused of cowardice. What it lacks in grandeur, this 1978 tv version of the four feathers makes up for in fidelity to a. You can watch the four feathers online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. At least seven film adaptations have been released but this 1939 version is the best remembered. I especially enjoyed seeing how harry and jack silently respected one anothers ties with ethne. The four feathersjohn clements and june duprez in the four feathers 1939, directed. The four feathers 1939 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
This adaptation is the fifth film version of the four feathers, following two silent screen adaptations released in 1915 and 1928, zoltan kordas memorable 1939. Masons novel done in 1929 was hollywoods last silent blockbuster before they went all sound. See the full list of the four feathers cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The four feathers is a film by zoltan korda and was released all the way back in 1939. The criterion collection has restored this movie to it theatrical quality. The four feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by british writer a. It is widely considered to be the best of the many film adaptations of the book. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Cast the four feathers 1939 john clements filmography.
Aubrey smith, allan jeayes adventure costume adventure period film. After an officer resigns his post, accusations of cowardice prompt him to embark on a truly insane adventure through egypt. It is widely regarded as the best of the numerous film adaptations of the 1902 novel of the same name by a. This adaptation is the fifth film version of the four feathers, following two silent screen adaptations released in 1915 and 1928, zoltan kordas memorable 1939 version, and a 1977 madefortv movie. The story of the four feathers has been made into a movie several times since it was first put to film in 1915. He enters the army to please his stern father, but on the eve of his regiments deployment to the sudan to fight in a war harry doesnt believe in, he resigns his commission. But kapurs four feathers takes as its inspiration masons 1902 novel that is almost entirely free of the imperialist jingoism found in the writings of contemporaries such as rudyard kipling, rider haggard and edgar wallace. The four feathers 1939 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Four feathers 1939 classic hollywood movie in hindi. Khartoum ends with the death of the british general charles gordon. Uncharismatic british actor john clements is only adequate as the man who receives the four feathers and must redeem himselfbut ralph richardson has the most memorable scenes as the sunstruck soldier who loses his helmet under the blazing sun and is blinded.
The film is a treatise on heroism, set ten years after the fall of khartoum in 1885. In december 1901, cornhill magazine announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in the forthcoming year. The four feathers classic movie trailer watch for free online here. Lessons in loyalty, friendship, courage, duty and honor are central to the story. The four feathers 1939 wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. It has a 100% freshness rating from rotten tomatoes. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci john clements je mladi britanski oficir henry faversham koji godine 1895. Ebert claims the classic is the 1939 version, with ralph richardson and c. Receiving four feathers as a sign of cowardice, howard faversham is inspired to go redeem himself in the eyes of his peers during the mahdist war 1895. The marx brothers collection a night at the operaa day at the racesa night in casablancaroom serviceat the circusgo westthe big store. The four feathers film 1939 wikipedia bahasa indonesia. A day at denham is a 1939 promotional film lauding the achievements of london films the studio owned and run by alexander korda offering the viewer a tour of the facilities and in doing so showing us a couple of scenes being filmed for the four feathers.
This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1939 movies 1939. Sep 20, 2002 the problem with the four feathers is that the characters are so feckless, the coincidences so blatant and the movie so innocent of any doubts about the white mans burden that kipling could have written italthough if he had, there would have been deeper psychology and better roles for the locals. The symbol of choice being a card with a white feather on top. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the four feathers near you. Its the most elaborate and crazy someone has ever said im no coward to his friends. In my 71 years i still hold the four feathers as my all time favorite movie. The novel tells the story of british officer, harry feversham, who resigns his commission in the east surrey regiment just prior to sir garnet wolseleys 1882 expedition to egypt to suppress the rising of urabi pasha.
The films plot is pretty basic and quite easy to follow. The four feathers is a 1939 british technicolor adventure film directed by zoltan korda, starring john clements, ralph richardson, june duprez, and c. The same production company created 1940s thief of bagdad, and criterions release of that looked pretty great. The picture has the distinction of being one of the last major hollywood pictures of the silent. Wathc four feathers 1939 classic hollywood movie in hindi. The movie looks beautiful at least in the english scenes and the actors are better than average, particularly c. Families can talk about how the movies plot relates to current concerns about terrorism and the possibility of war. Kiplings famous fuzzy wuzzies a disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle. The four feathers is a 1939 british technicolor adventure film directed by zoltan korda. The problem with the four feathers is that the characters are so feckless, the coincidences so blatant and the movie so innocent of any doubts about the white mans burden that kipling could have written italthough if he had, there would have been deeper psychology and better roles for the locals. He is engaged to the comely ethne eustace kate hudson, and when his regiment is ordered to the sudan he cannot bear to part from her and resigns his commission. A timid british army officer has quit and burns his last day summons.
If you went to the theater every day, youd never have to see the same movie twice. W mason view the tcmdb entry for the four feathers 1939. By cannibalizing the superior 1939 production for epic shots and sequences, this modest adaptation draws attention to its meager production values, relying heavily on casting and chemistry to compensate. Breaking the british square an essay by michael sragow at the criterion collection. Aubrey smith, frederick culley, and sir ralph richardson, although he overacted some in this picture. Predstavlja prvu zvucnu adaptaciju, odnosno prvu adaptaciju u boji istoimenog romana a. Against the background of the mahdist war, young feversham disgraces himself by quitting the army, which others perceive as cowardice.
Four feathers, the 1939 movie clip plenty for other men. The four feathers cast and crew cast photos and info. The four feathers provides some rousing old fashioned entertainment, but is of an age that has long passed and has little relevance to todays world, a fact. The four feathers is a 1939 film starring john clements, ralph richardson, c aubrey smith during the sudan campaign of the 1890s, a stayathome receives four white feathers as a symbol of cowardice. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, the four feathers follows the. This version was also the first one to be filmed in color. Martial tones and bad news for the empire shape the opening credits to zoltan kordas the four feathers, 1939, the united artists production from the novel by a. The four feathers tells the story of harry faversham heath ledger, a young british soldier, circa 1875, whose father is a general and who finds himself in the army without having much say in the matter. Zoltan korda throws everything but the kitchener sink at the production. It was produced by alexander korda, englands most successful film mogul.
Movie title from the film the four feathers 1939, directed by zoltan korda, starring john clements, ralph richardson, c. When english soldier harry faversham john clements attempts to leave military service just before an expedition to the sudan, he is presented with feathers, symbolic of his cowardice, by other. Masons sweeping action novel the four feathers 1902 had already inspired three films by the time producer alexander korda got to it in 1939. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, the four feathers follows the travails of a young officer john clements accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to khartoum. The four feathers 1939 full hd full movie best quality. Cetiri pera je britanski pustolovni film snimljen 1939. The film is best seen as a followup to khartoum possibly with the light that failed in the middle, but be prepared for a degree of racism towards the mahdists. The four feathers appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1. Home video the most recent home video release of the four feathers 1939 movie is october 11, 2011. I understand that its 1939 and that the quality of an epic by. Masons popular novel which has as historical background the leadup to the battle of omdurman in 1898 and kitcheners reconquest of the sudan the sudan was an area which had been ruled by khalipha, a muslim leader since 1885, the year when general gordons army was defeated at khartoum. If this film was merely an updated adaptation of kordas 1939 film, these allegations would be entirely justified. The four feathers is a 1939 british technicolor adventure film directed by zoltan korda, starring john. Like all of london films late 30s empire cycle sanders of the river 1935, elephant boy 1937, the drum 1938, the four feathers featured the talents of all three korda brothers, produced by alex, directed by zoltan and with art direction by vincent.