No Time for Flowers
| No Time for Flowers | |
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| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Screenplay by | Hans Wilhelm László Vadnay |
| Produced by | Mort Briskin Maurie M. Suess |
| Starring | Viveca Lindfors Paul Christian Ludwig Stössel |
| Cinematography | Tony Braun |
| Edited by | Henrietta Brunsch |
| Music by | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
Production company | Morjay Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
No Time for Flowers is a 1952 American romantic comedy film directed by Don Siegel and starring Viveca Lindfors, Paul Christian and Ludwig Stössel.[2] Featuring a Cold War setting and some location shooting in Vienna, it was distributed by RKO Pictures.
Plot
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
Theme
[edit | edit source]Biographer Judith M. Kass notes this thematic element in the film:
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.[5]
Footnotes
[edit | edit source]Sources
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- Mayer, Geoff. Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Scarecrow Press, 2012.
External links
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- 1952 films
- 1952 romantic comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- American romantic comedy films
- Cold War films
- Films critical of communism
- Films directed by Don Siegel
- Films scored by Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Films set in Prague
- Films shot in Vienna
- RKO Pictures films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- English-language romantic comedy films
- Romantic comedy film stubs