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Arthur C. MillerObsada:
Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Mary Astor, Vincent Price, Jean Rogers, Ann E. Todd (więcej)Opisy(1)
Tyrone Power stars as Jonathan Kent, a faithful follower of the renowned Mormon leader, Brigham Young. After the Mormons suffer constant persecution for their beliefs, the reluctant Brigham Young decides to lead the congregation out of Illinois. En route, the charismatic preacher falls ill, allowing his rival Angus Duncan -- who from the start opposed the trip -- to persuade the followers to proceed to California, where the gold rush had begun. While crossing the mountains of Utah, however, Young awakens from his delirium and announces that he's had a vision, and that Utah's great Salt Lake shall be their home. But this new land proves inhospitable, and the Mormons suffer a harrowing winter and an infestation of crickets in the spring. It seems only a miracle will help them survive. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Recenzje (1)
The story of Brigham Young and his faithful's journey to Salt Lake City in the mid-19th century looks and functions like a classic biblical epic in the Hollywood rendition of the time. There is no shortage of symbolic magic at the end, the only "minor" difference being that we are following the first era of Mormonism and not a biography of Moses. As a supplement to education, it's not a bad experience; the context of modern American history and the development of American film in the 1940s is important. Any viewer boredom is prevented by the young love interest played by Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell, but it really is skillfully shot, so if you know what you're getting into, it can be a solid experience. A little epic and a little pathetic. Considering that Mormon stories are part of the classic western narrative, I'm slightly surprised I didn't know about it before. That’s probably due to the European romantic view of Wild West stories that were never about more than Old Shatterhand or Elke Sommer.
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