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The Servant (1963 film)
| The Servant | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Screenplay by | Harold Pinter |
| Based on | The Servant 1948 novella by Robin Maugham |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
| Music by | John Dankworth |
Production companies | Elstree Distributors Springbok Films |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £138,005[1][2][3] |
| Box office | £389,276[4] |
The Servant is a 1963 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey. It was written by Harold Pinter, who adapted Robin Maugham's 1948 novella of the same name.[5] The film stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox.[6][7]
The first of Pinter's three film collaborations with Losey, The Servant is a tightly constructed film about the psychological relationships among the four central characters and examines issues relating to social class.[8][9][10]
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p. 360.
- ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974, p. 209.
- ^ Caute, David (1994). Joseph Losey. Oxford University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-19-506410-0.
- ^ Caute p. 24.
- ^ Callahan, 2002
- ^ Palmer and Riley, 1993 p. 160: Filmography
- ^ Hirsch, 1980 p. 237: Filmography
- ^ "The Servant". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ James, Nick (27 June 2007). "Joseph Losey & Harold Pinter: In Search of PoshLust Times". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
From Venetian decadence and British class war to Proustian time games, the films of Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter gave us a new, ambitious, high-culture kind of art film, says Nick James.
- ^ Callahan, 2003: “Harold Pinter, who wrote three screenplays for the director, the first of which was The Servant…”
Maras, 2012: The film “sensitized audiences not just to the destructive relations inside the master’s London home, but to those of British society at large.”
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