The Servant

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA Western Film Selection] The first Blu-ray release of this suspense drama about a British aristocrat who is ruined by a servant. Director Joseph Losey ( 1909-84 ), who was forced to leave Hollywood during the Red Hunt, became a famous British director in the mid-1950s with films such as "The Smell of Eva" ('62 ) and "Love" ('70 ). Dirk Bogarde, who plays the servant, is a famous British actor who won the British Academy Award for Best Actor for this film and "Darling" ('65). He also appeared in "Death in Venice" ('71) and "A Storm of Love" ('73). Harold Pinter (1930-2008), who wrote the screenplay, is a playwright famous for his absurdist plays such as "The Caretaker" ('59). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005. Awards: 1963 British Academy Award for Best Actor (Bogart), Best Newcomer (Fox, Craig), Best Cinematography, 1968 Kinema Junpo Top Ten Best Foreign Films -- Tony, an aristocrat returning from South America, hires Barrett as his servant, and his work is superb. Tony's fiancee, Susan, is a young woman who has been hired by Tony as a servant. Tony's fiancee Susan senses that Barrett has a dark side, but he becomes indispensable to Tony...

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[KADOKAWA 洋画セレクション] 1人の召使によって破滅して行くイギリス貴族を描くサスペンス・ドラマを初Blu-ray化。監督のジョセフ・ロージー(1909～84)は赤狩りでハリウッドを追われ、50年代半ばから『エヴァの匂い』(62)、『恋』(70)等、イギリスで活躍した名監督。召使役のダーク・ボガードは本作と『ダーリング』(65)で英国アカデミー賞男優賞を受賞したイギリスの名優。他に『ベニスに死す』(71)、『愛の嵐』(73)等に出演。脚本のハロルド・ピンター(1930～2008)は、「管理人」(59)等の不条理演劇で有名な劇作家。脚本家としても活躍した。2005年にノーベル賞文学賞受賞。受賞: 1963年英国アカデミー賞 男優賞(ボガード)/新人賞(フォックス、クレイグ)/撮影賞、1968年キネマ旬報ベストテン外国映画第10位 ――南米から帰国した貴族出身のトニーが召使として雇ったバレットの仕事ぶりは見事だった。トニーの婚約者スーザンは、バレットには裏があることを感じるが、トニーにとってバレットはなくてはならない存在になっていった・・・。