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Malpertuis / Pierre Levie & Paul Laffargue presenteren ; een film van Harry Kümel.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 033 055 disc 1-2 + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ray, Jean, 1887-1964.
- Mythology, Greek--Drama.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Kidnapping victims.
- Haunted houses.
- Maze puzzles.
- Maze puzzles--Drama.
- Haunted houses--Drama.
- Inheritance and succession--Drama.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Kidnapping victims--Drama.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Ray, Jean, 1887-1964--Film adaptations.
- Ray, Jean.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Horror films.
- Fantasy films.
- Film adaptations.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Feature films -- France.
- Feature films -- Belgium.
- Feature films. -- Germany, West.
- Foreign language films -- Dutch.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Also known as: Legend of Doom House
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, MI : Barrel Entertainment ; [Place of publication not identified] : Ryko Distritution, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In Dutch with optional English subtitles (Director's cut); English dubbed (Cannes version).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC; mono.; 1.85:1/16x9.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- In Flemish legend, Malpertuis is the devil's lair. It is also the name of the sinister and labyrinthine house belonging to the dying Cassavius, whose relatives have gathered in anticipation of his death and their inheritance. All is not as it seems, and Jan, Cassavius's nephew, finds himself trapped in a nightmare world of Greek gods, temptresses, and stairways and corridors to nowhere.
- Contents:
- Disc 1: Malpertuis: Director's cut (1973: 119 minutes) Dutch language with optional English subtitles and audio commentary from director Harry Kümel
- Orson Welles uncut, a 25-minute featurette containing rare outtakes footage of Welles during the filming of Malpertuis
- Susan Hampshire : one actress, three parts, an 11-minute featurette containing new interviews with Hampshire.
- Disc 2: Malpertuis: Cannes version (1972: 100 minutes)
- Reflections of darkness: Del Valle on Kümel, a new 74-minute career-length interview with director Kümel by noted film journalist David Del Valle
- Jean Ray / John Flanders, a 7-minute featurette that delves into the fantastical world of the Belgian writer including archival interview footage
- Trailer.
- Participant:
- Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Charles Janssens, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylvie Vartan.
- Credits:
- Editor, Harry Kümel; photography, Gerry Fisher; music, Georges Delerue ; screenwriter, Jean Ferry.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1973 as a co-production of SOFIDOC, S.E.S., Les Artistes Associés, and Artemis Film.
- Cannes version submitted to the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
- Based on a novel by Jean Ray.
- Contains:
- Container of: Malpertuis (Motion picture)
- Container of: Malpertuis (Motion picture). English.
- OCLC:
- 156982812
- Publisher Number:
- 690816601197
- BEDVD011 Barrel Entertainment
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