No Time for Flowers

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No Time for Flowers
Directed byDon Siegel
Screenplay byHans Wilhelm
László Vadnay
Produced byMort Briskin
StarringViveca Lindfors
Paul Christian
CinematographyTony Braun
Edited byHenrietta Brunsch
Music byHerschel Burke Gilbert
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • December 25, 1952 (1952-12-25) (New York City)[1]
  • January 31, 1953 (1953-01-31) (US)[1]
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

No Time for Flowers is a 1952 American romantic comedy film directed by Don Siegel and starring Viveca Lindfors and Paul Christian and Ludwig Stössel.

Plot

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.[2]

Cast

Critical Appaisal

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.[3]

Theme

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.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "No Time for Flowers: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  2. ^ Kass, 1975 p. 110-111: Plot sketch.
  3. ^ Kass, 1975 p. 100
  4. ^ Kass, 1975 p. 111

Sources

  • Kass, Judith M. (1975). Don Seigel: The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 4 (1975 ed.). New York: Tanvity Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-498-01665-X.

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