The servant

Blu-ray 2023

"A pampered playboy acquires an elegant townhouse complete with a dedicated man servant. But when the young man's fiancè becomes suspicious of the servant's intentions, he and his 'sister' thrust the household into a sinister game where seduction is corruption and power becomes the most shocking desire of all"--Container.

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Man-woman relationships Fiction

Master and servant Great Britain Fiction

Rich people Great Britain Fiction

Social classes Great Britain Fiction

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Feature films Fiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1182 Criterion collection ; 1182 Blu-ray

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ISBN:

9798886070415

Edition:

Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

"Based on the novel The servant by Robin Maugham."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1963
Title from container
Director of photography, Douglas Slocombe ; editing, Reginald Mills ; music, John Dankworth
Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox, Catherline Lacey
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.66:1 aspect ratio) ; monaural
For private home use only
Winner of 3 British Academy awards including best actor to Dirk Bogarde
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3286219

UPC:

715515284714

Other Authors:

Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, actor
Craig, Wendy, 1934- actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Dankworth, John, composer (expression)
Elstree Distributors, presenter
Fox, James, 1939- actor
Lacey, Catherine, actor
Losey, Joseph, director, film producer
Miles, Sarah, 1941- actor
Mills, Reginald, 1912-1990, editor of moving image work
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008, screenwriter
Priggen, Norman, film producer
Slocombe, Douglas, 1913-2016, director of photography
Springbok Productions, production company
motion picture adaptation of (work): Maugham, Robin, 1916-1981. Servant

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