On a cloudy afternoon
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | On a cloudy afternoon |
| Original title | Séance on a Wet Afternoon |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bryan Forbes |
| script | Bryan Forbes |
| production | Richard Attenborough , Bryan Forbes |
| music | John Barry |
| camera | Gerry Turpin |
| cut | Derek York |
| occupation | |
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On a cloudy afternoon is a British film directed by Bryan Forbes from 1964, based on the book Séance on a Wet Afternoon by Mark McShane is based.
action
Myra Savage (Kim Stanley) is a medium who holds seances in her apartment. Her husband Bill (Richard Attenborough), who has asthma, works as her assistant. On behalf of his wife, he kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy couple. This child is being held in a room in her home that looks like a room in a hospital. Disguised as a nurse, Myra gives the child the impression that they are actually in a hospital. She now gives the police the impression that she is getting into contact with the child with the help of her media skills, and she gets paid for this. When the police investigate the two, Bill realizes that Myra does not want to let the child live. All of this is overshadowed by the death of Myra's own child (Arthur). This died in childbirth and is now Myra's media contact.
criticism
"A detective film deviating from the cliché, with an oppressive atmosphere, which in a largely artistic way combines criminalistic tension with the study of a mental illness."
Awards and nominations
- Kim Stanley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1965
- Richard Attenborough won the British Film Academy Award for Best British Actor in 1965
- Kim Stanley was nominated for the British Film Academy Award in 1965 for Best Foreign Actress
- Bryan Forbes was awarded the Edgar in 1965
- Kim Stanley was awarded the Golden Laurel in 1964
- Kim Stanley received the NBR Award for Best Actress in 1964
- Bryan Forbes received the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award in 1965
Remake
On a cloudy afternoon in 2001, the film was remade in Japan as Seance - The Horror .
Adaptations
An opera ( Séance on a Wet Afternoon ) by Stephen Schwartz based on this film premiered on September 26, 2009 at the Granada Theater-Opera Santa Barbara in California.
Individual evidence
- ^ Séance on a Wet Afternoon Web Page , accessed April 30, 2010
Web links
- On a gloomy afternoon in the Internet Movie Database (English)