100. Geburtstag Marilyn Monroe: "Niagara"

One of the biggest movie stars ever was born on June 1, 1926: Marilyn Monroe presented her sensational sexual charisma with the innocence of a child and thus became the dream woman of the 1950s - and far beyond. However, she never wanted to be seen as a mere sex symbol, but as an actress. With five films, we show the range of her performing art.

NIAGARA

USA 1953. D: Henry Hathaway. D: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Casey Adams. 89 min. FSK: 12

George and Rose live in a bungalow on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls - ostensibly a loving marriage to a woman who cares deeply for her husband, traumatized by the Korean War. In reality, Rose has a lover with whom she plans to murder her husband. However, it is not George but Ted who is fished out of the water at the foot of the falls, and George knows that Rose is behind the failed assassination attempt...
A film noir in Technicolor, in which the roaring water reflects the tortured American soul; a psychologically cleverly conceived thriller with a Marilyn Monroe, who proves her acting range as a blonde femme fatale right at the beginning of her international career.