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Under Western Eyes (opera)
Under Western Eyes may refer to: * ''Under Western Eyes'' (novel), a 1912 novel by Joseph Conrad * ''Under Western Eyes'' (1936 film), French film based on the novel * ''Under Western Eyes'' (1996 film), Israeli film {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Western Eyes (novel)
''Under Western Eyes'' (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''Crime and Punishment''; Conrad was reputed to have detested Dostoevsky. It has also been interpreted as Conrad's response to his own early life; his father was a Polish independence activist and would-be revolutionary imprisoned by the Russians, but, instead of following in his father's footsteps, at the age of sixteen Conrad left his native land, only to return briefly decades later. Indeed, while writing ''Under Western Eyes'', Conrad suffered a weeks-long breakdown during which he conversed with the novel's characters in Polish. This novel is considered to be one of Conrad's major works and is close in subject matter to ''The Secret Agent''. It is full of cynicism and conflict about the historical failures of revolutionary movements and ideals. Conrad remarks in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under Western Eyes (1936 Film)
''Under Western Eyes'' (French: ''Razumov: Sous les yeux d'occident'') is a 1936 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Pierre Fresnay, Danièle Parola and Michel Simon.Moore p.21 It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel '' Under Western Eyes''. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié. Synopsis In nineteenth century Russia a student with ambitions to join the Czarist system unwittingly become embroiled in the assassination of an Imperial official. Cast * Pierre Fresnay as Razumov * Danièle Parola as Nathalie * Michel Simon as Lespara * Jacques Copeau as Mikulin * Pierre Renoir as Un Policier * Jean-Louis Barrault as Haldin * Raymond Segard as Kostia * Vladimir Sokoloff as Le recteur * Jacques Bousquet as Gregori * Raymond Aimos * Michel André * Romain Bouquet as L'aubergiste * Auguste Bovério as Babitchev * Jean Dasté as Georges * Roger Legris as Le pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |