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- BFI identifier44528
- Date1963 (Copyright)
1964-02-10 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisTony, young, well-born and independent, buys a London house and engages a manservant, Barrett, to look after him. Susan, Tony's fiancee, tries to free him from Barrett's increasing influence. Barrett brings Vera, his 'sister', as a maid to live in the house and contrives Tony's seduction. When Vera and Barrett are discovered in bed Tony dismisses them but later takes Barrett back. Excluding the women, the two men live alone, almost as equals. Their relationship is at once antagonistic and intimate and the progress of Tony's corruption continues until Susan, arriving unexpectedly during a party, finds him helpless physically and completely enslaved. Barrett's domination is complete. (Synopsis)
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Title
The Servant (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3407-79BA-7326-8350-2D94-9Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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35mm BW Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Shooting Script - Annotated - SCR-2886
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by Robert Maugham - SCR-15879
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by Robert Maugham - SCR-15880
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by Robert Maugham - SCR-15881
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-44528
See JOSEPH LOSEY Collection (Item 10) and for example of programme see CINEMA EPHEMERA: REGIONS (Ramsgate King's Theatre). Medium and small pressbooks held.
view all - Posters / DesignsEphemera: publicity - Cartoon for the 'At the Pictures' cinema feature in Punch. James Fox as Tony and Dirk Bogarde as Barrett. Ink and wash, pencil, and felt pen on paper. - PD-12830
Ephemera: publicity - Caricature - PD-12834
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-2253
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-2254
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-21478
view all - StillsPhotograph: publicity - Black and White - bfi-00o-7ul
Photograph: publicity - Black and White - bfi-00o-7uk
Photograph: publicity - Black and White - bfi-00o-7uj
Photograph: publicity - Black and White - bfi-00o-7ui
Photograph: publicity - Black and White - bfi-00o-7uh
view all - Articles
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes July 2017
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Servant
Work - 44528 - 1963 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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