A Place in the Sun
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1951 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | George Stevens |
| Cast | Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Raymond Burr |
| Genre | Drama film |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | A Place in the Sun | – |
| Español | Un lugar en el sol | Un lugar en el sol |
| Français | Une place au soleil | Une place au soleil |
| Deutsch | Ein Platz an der Sonne | Ein Platz an der Sonne |
| Português | Um Lugar ao Sol | Um Lugar ao Sol |
| Italiano | Un posto al sole | Un posto al sole |
| Русский | Место под солнцем | Mesto pod solntsem |
| 中文（简体） | 郎心如铁 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 郎心如鐵 | – |
| 한국어 | 젊은이의 양지 | Jeolmeun-i-ui Yangji |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Một nơi dưới ánh mặt trời | Mot noi duoi anh mat troi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | A Place in the Sun | A Place in the Sun |
| 日本語 | 陽のあたる場所 | Hi no Ataru Basho |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which social ascent and moral responsibility collide within a class-divided romance of desire, concealment, and irreversible guilt
■ Synopsis
A poor young man’s desire to enter a higher social world leads him into romantic conflict, concealment, and a fatal moral collapse.
■ RECIPE Tags
#SocialAscent #MoralCollapse #ClassDesire #ConcealedGuilt #IrreversibleChoice
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Desire for a higher world
Reason: Romantic longing becomes inseparable from class aspiration and self-reinvention.
Related Film: Match Point - Middle: Concealment as moral fracture
Reason: The attempt to hide one life in order to enter another creates fatal ethical pressure.
Related Film: The Postman Always Rings Twice - Core: Ambition becoming guilt
Reason: The pursuit of a place in the sun turns into responsibility for another person’s destruction.
Related Film: The Great Gatsby
■ Secondary Axes
- Class romance: Love is shaped by unequal access to wealth, status, and social legitimacy.
Related Film: An American Tragedy - Fatal hesitation: Moral failure forms not only through action but through delayed responsibility.
Related Film: Crimes and Misdemeanors
■ Person
- Director: George Stevens
- Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Raymond Burr
■ Structural Tags
#ClassAscent #ConcealmentStructure #MoralIrreversibility
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1951Film #LiteraryAdaptation
