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Keskellä Eurooppaa

Original title: Idiot's Delight
  • 19391939
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 47m
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6.5/10
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Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II.
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A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II.A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II.A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II.

IMDb RATING
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1.5K
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  • Director
    • Clarence Brown
  • Writers
    • Vicki Baum(uncredited)
    • Robert E. Sherwood(play)
  • Stars
    • Norma Shearer
    • Clark Gable
    • Edward Arnold
  • Director
    • Clarence Brown
  • Writers
    • Vicki Baum(uncredited)
    • Robert E. Sherwood(play)
  • Stars
    • Norma Shearer
    • Clark Gable
    • Edward Arnold
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 48User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro

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    Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    "Idiot's Delight," Norma Shearer and Clark Gable. 1939 MGM
    Clark Gable, Virginia Dale, and Paula Stone in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Clark Gable, Virginia Dale, and Paula Stone in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Clark Gable and Laura Hope Crews in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Joseph Schildkraut and Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Pat Paterson and Peter Willes in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)
    Norma Shearer in Keskellä Eurooppaa (1939)

    Top cast

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    Norma Shearer
    Norma Shearer
    • Irene
    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    • Harry
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Achille Weber
    Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    • Dr. Waldersee
    Joseph Schildkraut
    Joseph Schildkraut
    • Captain Kirvline
    Burgess Meredith
    Burgess Meredith
    • Quillery
    Laura Hope Crews
    Laura Hope Crews
    • Madame Zuleika
    Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
    Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
    • Donald Navadel
    • (as Skeets Gallagher)
    Peter Willes
    Peter Willes
    • Mr. Cherry
    Pat Paterson
    Pat Paterson
    • Mrs. Cherry
    William Edmunds
    • Dumptsy
    Fritz Feld
    Fritz Feld
    • Pittatek
    Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    • Les Blondes - Shirley
    Virginia Dale
    Virginia Dale
    • Les Blondes - Francine
    Paula Stone
    Paula Stone
    • Les Blondes - Beulah
    Bernadene Hayes
    Bernadene Hayes
    • Les Blondes - Edna
    Joan Marsh
    Joan Marsh
    • Les Blondes - Elaine
    Lorraine Krueger
    Lorraine Krueger
    • Les Blondes - Bebe
    • Director
      • Clarence Brown
    • Writers
      • Vicki Baum(uncredited)
      • Robert E. Sherwood(play) (screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This was the only film in which Clark Gable performed a dance number. He spent 6 weeks rehearsing the steps with the dance director, George King, and practicing at home with his wife, Carole Lombard. Because of his fear of messing it up during a take, the set was closed during the filming of this sequence.
    • Goofs
      In the middle of the "Puttin' on the Ritz" performance, the Les Blondes dancer second from the viewer's left is barely in step and not doing any arm movements because she is holding her costume's right-shoulder strap which has broken. The strap is no longer broken when it cuts back to the performers after a reaction shot of Norma Shearer.
    • Quotes

      Irene: But I have talked too much about myself. What about you, my friend?

      Harry: Oh, I'm not very interesting. I'm just what I seem to be.

    • Crazy credits
      The six actresses who play Les Blondes are not credited with individual character names. Instead, they are credited using the group character name "Harry Van's Les Blondes" followed by a list of the six actresses names. This appears on a separate title card after the cast list of the other credited roles.
    • Alternate versions
      MGM filmed two endings for this film: one for American audiences and another, more spiritual and optimistic ending for International audiences because of the war clouds that were gathering in Europe.
    • Connections
      Featured in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade of Hits for 1940 (1940)
    • Soundtracks
      Over There
      (uncredited)
      Written by George M. Cohan
      Incorporated into the score in the opening scenes

    User reviews48

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    8/10
    Last Teaming with Gable and Shearer
    "Idiot's Delight" is a good version of the play. Clark Gable and Norma Shearer do their roles with justice. This is their best and last movie together. Today, the movie may seem dated, but it wasn't in 1939.

    Hollywood made several movies about fascism. Behind the story of a song and dance man (Clark Gable) with his troupe of blond beauties traveling throughout Europe, lies a story of countries fighting over fascism.

    Like to make a CORRECTION: On my critique of "Escape", I said there were two endings to the movie, I was wrong. I was thinking of this movie. On "Idiot's Delight", they made two endings: one for America and one for the international market (they were already fighting in the pre-WWII war). The international ending makes more sense. You can see the movie with both endings on Turner Classic Movies.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 13, 1939 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Esperanto
    • Also known as
      • Idiot's Delight
    • Filming locations
      • Clarence Brown Ranch - Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,519,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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