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 |