MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 3,898 this week

The Prize (1963)

6.7
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 2,229 users  
Reviews: 45 user | 8 critic

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (novel)
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 25 titles created 02 Jan 2011
 
a list of 16 titles created 11 Oct 2011
 
a list of 20 titles created 11 months ago
 
a list of 35 titles created 26 Aug 2011
 
a list of 1352 titles created 23 Sep 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The Prize (1963)

The Prize (1963) on IMDb 6.7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The Prize.
Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  

Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise.

Director: Billy Wilder
Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - the straight-laced, the brutal, and the sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Director: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.

Director: Norman Jewison
Stars: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Stars: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.

Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
Frantic (1988)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

In a hotel room in Paris, a doctor comes out of the shower and finds that his wife has disappeared. He soon finds himself caught up in a world of intrigue, espionage, gangsters, drugs and murder.

Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to vow for his sins while taking a young protégé under his wing.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire
Se7en (1995)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X  

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.

Director: David Fincher
Stars: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Mystic River (2003)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

In London, a counter espionage agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.

Director: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman
Crime | Drama | Mystery
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

When the woman deputy prosecutor R.K. Sabich had an affair with is murdered the prosecutor asks him to lead the investigation. When Sabich digs too deeply he finds himself framed for the murder.

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  

Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Director: Alan Parker
Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Andrew Craig
...
...
Dr. Max Stratman / Prof. Walter Stratman
...
Emily Stratman
...
Dr. Denise Marceau
Gérard Oury ...
Dr. Claude Marceau
...
Dr. Carlo Farelli
...
Dr. John Garrett
...
Count Bertil Jacobsson
Sacha Pitoëff ...
Daranyi, Dark Henchman (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Jacqueline Beer ...
Monique Souvir, Dr. Claude's 'Secretary'
...
Hans Eckhart
Don Dubbins ...
Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman
Virginia Christine ...
Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
Rudolph Anders ...
Mr. Rolfe Bergh - Chaperon
Edit

Storyline

For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American physicist who comes to Stockholm for the award ceremony with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also assigns him an assistant during his stay, Miss Andersson. Craig soon notices that Dr. Stratman is acting strangely. The second time they meet, Dr. Stratman does not even recognize him. Craig begins to investigate. Written by Mattias Thuresson

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

People go to nudist meetings for various reasons...his was murder! [Video Australia] See more »


Certificate:

TV-PG | See all certifications »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

| | |

Release Date:

25 December 1963 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A díj  »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

(Westrex Recording System)

Color:

(Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bears many plot similarities, similar scenes, and actors in common with North by Northwest due to both being written by Ernest Lehman . See more »

Goofs

When Andrew jumps onto the cargo net, he's (not) wearing gloves. See more »

Quotes

Inger Lisa Andersen: Mr. Craig, I hope you'll forgive me but in matters of sex, compared to the average Scandinavian you would be considered a mere amateur.
Andrew Craig: Miss Andersen will you marry me?
Inger Lisa Andersen: We have a saying in Sweden. Why settle for one dish when there's smorgasbord.
See more »

Connections

Spoofs North by Northwest (1959) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Villa"
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Gelman
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
One of my all time favourite movies, still not released on dvd...
19 January 2004 | by (Roosteren, the Netherlands) – See all my reviews

The Prize by Mark Robson is a hugely underrated but very entertaining movie. In fact this movie is so enjoyable that I count it among my twenty (or so) favourite movies of all time. Paul Newman (witty and recalcitrant as always) plays an American writer who is about to receive the Nobel Prize for literature in Stockholm. Although his work is highly praised, he has to make a living by writing detective novels. Known for his drinking problem and his aversion to authority the Swedish Nobel organisation provides Newman with a personal host (Elke Sommer looking prettier than ever!) to keep him from doing foolish things... and ofcourse that's exactly what happens! Newman, with his fine nose for crime, discovers a case of mistaken identity (Edward G. Robinson in a fine double role) and witnesses a murder. What happens next is very similar to other great movies from the same period of time like North By Northwest or Charade. If you like those, if you like Paul Newman or Elke Sommer or... if like me you like ALL these things than this is y


14 of 21 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
why not on DVD??? hugo_arteaga
Stockholm pre 1967 taskinit
IMDB Credits Give Away Plot Twist Schmoozette
Best line studio24-1
Discuss The Prize (1963) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?