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Hommage2020 Broschuere.Pdf 20191227_LogobalkenA5HF_148x17_RZ.indd 1 27.12.19 16:26 70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin EInE KlassE Für sIch hommagE an hElEn mIrrEn Victoria tritt als die elegante, coole und standfeste Krisenmanagerin, die Harry mit etwas blasierte Blondine an der Seite des einer Ohrfeige zur Besinnung bringt und bulligen Londoner Gangsters Harry auf, ihm sagt, was zu tun ist, als er die Nerven der versucht, sich mithilfe der amerika­ verliert; dann, nachdem er sich beruhigt nischen Mafia ein legales Leben aufzu­ hat, bietet sie ihm die starke Schulter zum bauen. Auf den ersten Blick folgt The Long Anlehnen. Good Friday (1980) damit der klassischen Rollenverteilung, die der Gangsterfilm seit Ein perfektes Beispiel für ein auf den Kopf seiner Erfindung vorgesehen hat – wäre gestelltes Klischee und die Art, wie Helen da nicht Helen Mirren, die den Namen ih­ Mirren neuen Frauen fi gu ren im Kino den rer Figur ernst nimmt. Denn Victoria ist Weg geebnet hat. Denn die Figur war ur­ alles andere als dekoratives Beiwerk: zu­ sprünglich von Regisseur John Macken­ nächst erweist sie sich als smarte und zie ganz eindimen sional angelegt – ein 1 Anhängsel. Sie sei am Set eine ziemliche wird Superintendent, aber nie ist sie wirk­ Nervensäge gewesen, sagte Helen Mirren lich so hart, wie sie sich gibt. Der Weg ist später, und musste sich und ihrer Figur steinig, sie wird angefeindet, ihr Privat­ einen zentralen Platz in der Geschichte leben leidet unter der Arbeit. Tennison erst erkämpfen. Die Rolle prägte Helen wurde zu dem Vorbild für weibliche Fern­ Mirrens weitere Arbeit: „Jetzt hört man sehdetek tive der Gegenwart, und sie hält auf mich. Aber als man das noch nicht tat, dem Vergleich bis heute Stand. habe ich gestritten, bis ich meinen Willen bekommen habe! Ich glaube, ich war sehr Helen Mirren griff die gängigen Stereotype anstrengend.“ von Karrierefrauen im Kino auf, erforschte sie und spielte mit ihnen, bis sie zerfielen. Helen Mirren ist eine viel zu gute Schau­ Eine Frau, die Chef sein will oder nach spielerin, um sich auf einen Typus fest­ Macht strebt, war traditionell ein negativ legen zu lassen – sie kann alles, von la­ besetzter Charakter – und meist ging es tent vulgär bis distinguiert königlich. dabei nur darum, die erotische Oberhand Sogar eine unbedarfte Verführerin kann zu gewinnen. Helen Mirren aber spielte sie spielen – so war sie als Cora in Michael Frauen wie Tennison als vielschichtige Powells Age of Consent (1969) erstmals in und ambivalente Figuren, mit Schwächen einer Hauptrolle auf der Leinwand zu se­ und Verletzlichkeiten – für die es trotzdem hen. Zwischen diesem Kino­Debüt und die natürlichste Sache der Welt ist, um ih­ ihrem Auftritt als Victoria lagen über ein re Rechte zu kämpfen. Es gibt viele Arten, Jahrzehnt, viele Theaterverfilmungen Frauenrollen von ihren Klischees zu be­ und ein Reifeprozess. Ein international freien und ihnen Tiefe zu geben – die ver­ bekannter Filmstar wurde Helen Mirren störten, zerbrochenen Charaktere aber erst mit über 40 Jahren. Ein Bühnenstar waren nie Helen Mirrens Ding. Sie ver­ war sie da in England schon längst und körperte hingegen immer wieder einen das war vielleicht ein Glücksfall, denn so Typus, der bis dahin selten war im Kino konnte sie Forderungen stellen. Bereits in und von dem man offensichtlich glaubte, den 1960ern, als damals jüngste Schau­ das Publikum würde ihn nicht annehmen, spielerin aller Zeiten, gehörte sie der bis sie das Gegenteil bewies: es sind die Royal Shakespeare Company an und spiel­ wehrhaften, streitbaren Frauen, Herrsche­ te später auf den großen Bühnen im Lon­ rin nen über ihr Schicksal. doner West End. In Peter Greenaways The Cook, the Thief, Dann erreichte sie mit einer Fernsehserie His Wife & Her Lover (1989) erträgt sie ihre internationale Bekanntheit und die Serie Qualen noch, verteidigt sich furchtlos und dank ihrer Darstellung Kultstatus: Von frech – zwischen Stoizismus und Selbst­ 1991 an bis 2006 spielte Helen Mirren die behauptung oszillierend – und rächt sich Hauptrolle in Prime Suspect (Heißer Ver­ schließlich eiskalt. Ihre Queen in Stephen dacht). Als Jane Tennison bemüht sie sich, Frears Film von 2006 hingegen ist sich ih­ in der Londoner Polizei aufzusteigen und rer Stärke durch und durch bewusst und 2 bleibt ruhig und gelassen. Ihre Darstel­ bist du dem Regisseur, dem Kameramann lung verhalf der britischen Monarchin und dem Cutter ausgeliefert.“ über Nacht zu neuer Beliebtheit. Premier­ minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) ist Beim Theater, hat Helen Mirren einmal seinerzeit als frisch ernannter Premier­ gesagt, sei sie schon deswegen geblieben, minister zwar viel beliebter als die Mo­ weil es dort für Frauen immer Arbeit gebe. narchin, doch sie weiß, dass sie beständig Sie gehört einer Generation von Schau­ ist, er nur eine Modererscheinung. Tol­ spielerinnen an, der prophezeit worden stois Frau Sofja in The Last Station (2009), ist, mit 40 Jahren hätten sie den Zenit ih­ die das Erbe ihres Mannes unbedingt in rer Karriere überschritten – für Helen Fa milienbesitz behalten will; die schieß­ Mirren trifft das Gegenteil zu: Sie fand erst wü tige Geheimagentin in der Komödie richtig zu sich selbst und zu den Filmen, RED (2010) oder Mrs. Wilson, die Haus­ denen sich ihre Figuren nicht unterordnen hälterin in Gosford Park (2001), die zur müssen, sondern die um ihre Charaktere Mörderin wird, um ein altes Unrecht wie­ herum gestaltet werden und die von ihnen der auszugleichen; Betty alias Lili in The zehren. Man könnte durchaus behaupten, Good Liar (2019), die sich nicht betrügen sie hat dem Kino ein eigenes Genre ge­ lässt – all dies sind Frauen, die Dinge lie­ schenkt: den Helen­Mirren­Film. ber antreiben, als sich selbst treiben zu lassen. Susan Vahabzadeh Für ihre Rolle als Queen bekam sie einen Oscar – und galt nun als Hollywood Roy­ alty: „Ich hatte mich schon daran gewöhnt, Biografie Kathleen, geb. Rogers, ist das dreizehnte meine Karriere in Charakterrollen aus­ helen mirren von vierzehn Kindern einer Familie aus klingen zu lassen, doch nach dem Oscar dem Londoner East End. „Gewissermaßen war ich zumindest für Hollywood wie neu gehörte eine Hälfte meiner Familie zum geboren. Ich ploppte regelrecht zurück ins russischen Adel, die andere zur engli­ Geschäft und habe bis heute den Verdacht, Helen Mirren wird am 26. Juli 1945 in schen Arbeiterklasse. So bin ich ein guter dass mich mancher für blaublütig hält, London als Helen Lydia Mironow geboren. Widerspruch.“ nur weil ich ein sauber akzentuiertes Eng­ Ihr Großvater diente als Offizier in der lisch spreche.“ Dennoch blieben Kino und Armee des Zaren; die Oktoberrevolution Helen Mirren wächst in Leigh­on­Sea in Bühnenschauspielerei für sie zwei unter­ erlebte er als Mitglied einer Militärde­ Essex auf. Sie geht in die St Bernard’s schiedliche Dinge: „Irgendwo im Kern ist legation in England und da er nicht zu­ School in Westcliff­on­Sea, wo sie im es dasselbe: Man nimmt einen Text und rückkehren konnte, ließ er sich in London Schultheater aktiv ist. Für kurze Zeit be­ versucht, ihn unterhaltsam und informativ nieder und schlug sich dort später als sucht sie eine Berufsfachschule für Leh­ umzusetzen. Aber die Mittel, mit denen Taxifahrer durch. Ihr Vater Vasili Mironow rer, das New College of Speech and Dra­ man das tut, sind nicht dieselben. Was ich arbeitet als Ver w al tungsangestellter im ma in London, obwohl sie seit frühester am stärksten als Unterschied empfinde, T r a n s p o r t m i n i s t e rium und nennt sich Kindheit Schauspielerin werden will. Mit ist die Kontrolle – auf der Bühne bist du „Basil“, in den 1950er­Jahren ändert er 18 Jahren wird sie Mitglied des National Herrin über deine Vorstellung, im Film den Familiennamen in Mirren. Ihre Mutter Youth Theatre und steht wenig später in 4 5 einer Shakespeare­Produktion als Cleo­ sie erstmals mit Regisseur Taylor Hack­ patra auf der Bühne des Old Vic. Danach ford, ihrem späteren Ehemann, zusam­ arbeitet sie im Repertoiretheater in Man­ menarbeitet, und dem Familienabenteuer chester, bevor sie als damals jüngste The Mosquito Coast (1986), in dem Harri­ Schauspielerin aller Zeiten in die Royal son Ford ihr Partner ist. Ein Wagnis ist die Shake speare Company (RSC) aufgenom­ weibliche Titelrolle in Peter Greenaways men wird. Über ihre Arbeit dort dreht der The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Regisseur John Goldschmidt 1970 die TV­ (1989): Um eine unzensierte Aufführung Dokumentation Doing Her Own Thing. auch in den USA durchzusetzen, spricht 1972/73 arbeitet Mirren in England und sie persönlich bei der Motion Picture Code auf Tourneen in Nordafrika und den USA and Ratings Administration vor. mit dem Regisseur Peter Brook. Neben Auftritten mit der RSC spielt sie ab Mitte Zwischen 1991 und 2006 begeistert Helen der 70er­Jahre an verschiedenen West­ Mirren das internationale Fernsehpubli­ End­Bühnen. kum in den 15 Episoden der 7 Staffeln der Krimiserie Prime Suspect (Heißer Ver dacht). In den 60er­Jahren erhält Helen Mirren Mit ihrer Darstellung der Detek tivin Jane auch Rollen beim Film und arbeitet bald Tennison, einer hochkompetenten und for­ mit prominenten und jungen, avancierten dernden Einsatzleiterin, die jedoch hinter Regisseuren zusammen: Michael Powell der beherrschten Fassade unter den üb­ (Age of Consent, 1969, mit James Mason lichen menschlichen Schwächen leidet, als Partner), Ken Russell (Savage Messiah, bricht sie für immer mit den Klischees von 1972), Lindsay Anderson (O Lucky Man!, Polizistinnen im Fernsehen. Wie in so vie­ 1973). Neben klassischem Repertoire len ihrer Arbeiten verleiht Mirren der Rolle
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