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THE SERVANT

by Joseph Losey

synopsis

The aristocratic Tony (James Fox) moves to London and hires the servant Hugo Barrett (Sir Dirk Bogarde) for all services at home. Barrett seems to be a loyal and competent employee, but Tony's girlfriend Susan (Wendy Craig) does not like him, and asks Tony to send him away. When Barrett brings his sister Vera (Sarah Miles) to work and live in the house, Tony has a brief hidden affair with her. After travelling with Susan and spending a couple of days in a friend's house outside London, the couple unexpectedly returns and finds Barrett and Vera, who are actually lovers, in Tony's room. They are fired and Susan breaks with Tony. Later, Tony meets Barrett alone in a pub and hires him back, and Barrett imposes his real dark intentions in the house, turning the table and switching position with his master.

original title: The Servant
country: United Kingdom
year: 1963
genre: fiction
directed by: Joseph Losey
film run: 116'
release date: IT 03/09/1963, UK 14/11/1963, FR 10/04/1964, DE 14/08/1964, SE 14/09/1964, DK 21/09/1964, AT 10/1964, FI 26/03/1965, ES 31/10/1967, HU 27/04/1968, TR 06/1969, PT 25/09/1970, BE 30/05/1975, NL 28/06/1984, GR 12/10/2006
screenplay: Harold Pinter
cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig
cinematography by: Douglas Slocombe
film editing: Reginald Mills
art director: Richard Macdonald
costumes designer: Beatrice Dawson
producer: Joseph Losey, Norman Priggen

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