Rappaccini's Daughter

Rappaccini's Daughter
by Dezso Magyar

Rappaccini's Daughter
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Actor: Dennis Boutsikaris, Henry Fonda, Kathleen Beller, Leo Cimino, Michael Egan
Director: Dezso Magyar
Cinematographer: Mike Fash
Composer: Elizabeth Swados
Editor: Jay Freund
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 57 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Monterey Video

Movie Reviews of Rappaccini's Daughter

Movie Review: Hawthorne to a tee, but rather dull , low-budget,1970's production
Summary: 3 Stars


In the 1970's, Henry Fonda hosted a weekly to monthly series entitled "The American Short Story" where Thoreau,Hemingway and other American author's works were teleplayed for a one hour prime time viewing.I am on a Hawthorne kick right now, so I watched Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Rappaccini's Daughter' after seeing 'The Scarlet Letter.' The story is Hawthorne to a tee,with virtually no deviation from the original short story.I am not a fan of Hawthorne's prose,especially his novels,but 'Rappaccini's Daughter' was always a more accessible story for me in that typical Hawthorne way of talking about the interference of man with one's soul.
"Rappaccini's Daughter" was penned by Hawthorne in 1843 and is quite a simple story of one student scholar,Giovanni,who travels to Padua to study at The University, and takes a room that overlooks a mysterious courtyard garden overseen by the even more mysterious Dr.Rappaccini,reported for his "unholy experiments" with possibly nature and man.This intrigues Giovanni and one day he is captivated by the stunning dark-haired Beatrice (Be-a-TREE-chay), the Doctor's daughter.Giovanni watches her daily as she tends the plants and talks to one in particular.Something is quite strange, though, about Beatrice Rappaccini.She touches things and they die.What is the awful secret of Rappaccini's daughter?
Where this 60 minute story fails is basically in it's extremely cheap production value, and not so much in Hawthorne.The colors are extremely faded and the music and sound is that of 1970 television production,meaning low-budget quality.This is a good rental, but definitely not worth the $13 for a DVD.PBS has re-released this, but no upgrade in quality has been made from the original 1972 video tape.If you need to see this for a reason, the tape will do at a much cheaper price.The acting is marginal to pretty awful.
Other Nathaniel Hawthorne works that have been adapted to the screen,big or small,are The Shirley Temple Storybook Collection: Terrible Clockman/The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter and again The Scarlet Letter.

Summary of Rappaccini's Daughter

Seen on PBS

Written By: Teleplay writer Herbert Hartig, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic

Starring:Kathleen Beller, Kristoffer Tabori

Directed By:Dezso Magyar

Description:Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father's poison garden.

However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatrice (Kathleen Beller) masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her.

From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another's soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.

DVD Features:Author Bio, Actor Bios, Printable Study Guide, About the American Short Story Collection, Audio Interview - Robert Geller, Henry Fonda Intro, Trailer

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