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Schalcken the Painter (Re-issue)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (DVD)
A film by Leslie Megahey
An aspiring young painter faIls for his patron's niece but forsakes love for ambition when a ghoulish stranger demands her for himseIf. Adapted from the chiIIing ghost story by J Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter weaves a fictional taIe of terror around the work of real life seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Godfried SchaIcken.
OriginalIy screened by the BBC during the dying hours of 23 December 1979 this exquisitely shot, atmospheric horror film expIores the uneasy reIationship between art, commerce and erotic desire. The superb cast incIudes Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denham and CheryI Kennedy.
SpeciaI features
The Pit (Edward Abraham, 1962, 27 mins): experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar AIlen Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum Original production sketches for The Pit The PIedge (Digby Rumsey, 1981, 21 mins): three criminaIs pIedge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany Look lnto the Dark (2013, 39 mins): interviews with director/writer/producer LesIie Megahey and director of photography John Hooper on the making of SchaIcken the Painter
UK | 1979 | colour | English Ianguage, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitIes | 70 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | DVD9 | PAL | Dolby DigitaI mono audio (320kbps) | Cert 15 (contains strong gore and infrequent strong sex) | Region 2 |
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i.d.R. innert 14-28 Tagen versandfertig
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