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A Place in the Sun(Movie, 1951)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
A Place in the SunRating: 3.7/5 (with 154154 votes)
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the 1926 play, also titled An American Tragedy. It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women: one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory, and the other a beautiful socialite. Another adaptation of the novel had been filmed once before, as An American Tragedy, in 1931. All these works were inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908. A Place in the Sun was directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters; its supporting actors included Anne Revere and ()
Movie poster of A Place in the Sun

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Duration: 2h 2min
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Awards & Nominations for A Place in the Sun

Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Board of Review Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-And-White Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About A Place in the Sun

An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.

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Trailer for A Place in the Sun + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Ein Platz an der Sonne (1951) (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Theodore Dreiser ("An American Tragedy")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 06/12/1951
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Um Lugar ao Sol"
"Místo na výsluní"
"Ein Platz an der Sonne"
"Un lugar en el sol"
"Mjesto pod suncem"
"젊은이의 양지"
Budget: 2,300,000 USD
Revenue: 7,000,000 USD (= 304%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: A Place in the Sun (XC, 1960), A Place in the Sun (GB/GR, 1994), A Place in the Sun (SE, 2012)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:8356, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024