Herbert Lom (1917–2012)
Autore di Dr. Guillotine
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Fonte dell'immagine: classicmonsters.com
Opere di Herbert Lom
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Lom, Herbert
- Nome legale
- Schluderpacheru, Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze
- Altri nomi
- Lom, Herbert
- Data di nascita
- 1917-09-11
- Data di morte
- 2012-09-27
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Czechoslovakia (birth)
UK - Luogo di nascita
- Prague, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Attività lavorative
- Actor
- Breve biografia
- Herbert Lom was the stage name of Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru, born to upper-class Jewish parents in Prague, present-day Czech Republic. He became an actor, making his film debut in 1937. He fled to London in 1939, just before the Nazis invaded his country in World War II. He began his English-speaking career at the Old Vic and worked with a few other stage companies before landing some major British and Hollywood film roles. He was popular and flourished in both drama and comedy, most notably in The Ladykillers (1955) and as the long-suffering Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the seven Pink Panther movies. He played Napoleon Bonaparte in The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) and in War and Peace (1956). He appeared in epics such as Spartacus (1960) and El Cid (1961) and in horror movies, making more than 100 films. Lom also wrote two historical novels, Enter a Spy: The Double Life of Christopher Marlowe (1978) and Dr. Guillotin: The Eccentric Exploits of an Early Scientist (1992).
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
- #630,789
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 4
- Lingue
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This is not a great book.The writing plods along, from cliche to anachronism. I really wondered why I was bothering. It's a little historical, it's a little steampunk (Re-animated heads in jars, oh my!) and a little Carry On film (bodice ripping, a laboratory hidden behind a secret door, and Igor always brings flowers). But on the whole, just don't bother. It just can't decide which way it's going.
Then the second-to-last chapter and it really takes off. This could have been splendid, if only the whole book had gone this way. Ridiculous, but splendid. Zombie Charlotte Corday on a murderous rampage! Now that is a film I'd watch,
But the final chapter reneges on this. So overall it's not enough to save the book.… (altro)