THE MAN FROM LONDON
by Béla Tarr
synopsis
The story of a switchman at a seaside railway station by a ferry harbour who witnesses a murder and then recovers a large amount of money. From then on, his life will never be the same again.
Inspired by Georges Simenon novel.
| international title: | The Man from London |
| original title: | A Londoni férfi |
| country: | Hungary, France, Germany |
| sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
| year: | 2007 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Béla Tarr |
| release date: | GR 01/11/2007, HU 31/01/2008, FR 24/09/2008, UK 12/12/2008 |
| screenplay: | László Krasznahorkai |
| cast: | Tilda Swinton, Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Ági Szirtes, István Lénárt, Miroslav Krobot |
| producer: | Gábor Téni, Paul Saadoun, Joachim von Vietinghoff, Christoph Hahnheiser |
| production: | TT Filmmûhely, 13 Productions, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion, Black Forest Films (DE), Hungarian Motion Picture Ltd., Duna Television (HU) |
| backing: | Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation, Ministry of Education and Culture (HU), National Cultural Fund , Szerencsejáték Zrt. (HU), Montecinemaverita Foundation, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Arte France Cinéma, Canal + (FR), Eurimages, ZDF, Medienboard (DE) |
| distributor: | Hungarotop, Shellac (FR), Artificial Eye (UK) |
