Bunny Lake has disappeared
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bunny Lake has disappeared |
| Original title | Bunny Lake is missing |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1965 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Otto Preminger |
| script |
John Mortimer , Penelope Mortimer |
| production | Otto Preminger |
| music | Paul Glass |
| camera | Denys N. Coop |
| cut | Peter Thornton |
| occupation | |
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Bunny Lake is missing (Original title: Bunny Lake is missing ) is a British feature film from 1965. The detective film is based on the detective novel Who knows something about Bunny Lake? ( Bunny Lake Is Missing ) by Evelyn Piper .
action
The American Ann Lake comes to London with her four-year-old daughter Bunny to visit her brother Stephen. Stephen works here as a journalist. Before she even meets Stephen, Ann puts her illegitimate daughter in a kindergarten . There she only gets to know the cook. When she wants to pick up Bunny again, there is no trace of the child. The cook is also no longer employed in the kindergarten. Nobody on the staff has ever seen or heard of Bunny. Desperate, the mother turns to the police. Inspector Newhouse takes on the mysterious case. Even in Ann's apartment there is no trace of the child to be found. Ann's brother Stephen is concerned about his sister's state of mind. He can still remember that as a child, his sister also called her imaginary playmate Bunny. When Ann finds a receipt for a doll repair shop, however, she believes she's getting her daughter back on track. She drives to the workshop and finds Bunny's doll. Now she thinks she has evidence of her daughter's existence in her hands. But before she can inform the police, her brother Stephen knocks her down. Stephen burns the doll and takes Ann to a hospital. When Ann escapes from the hospital, she witnesses Stephen taking the unconscious Bunny out of the trunk of his car. She needs to realize that she is not the psychopath in the family, but her brother. With stories from their childhood together and children's games, she can keep Stephen under control until the police finally arrive and arrest Stephen.
background
The shooting took place in London on the original locations. The film premiered on October 3, 1965 in London. It hit British and German cinemas in 1966.
Reviews
"Solid, exciting crime entertainment with good acting performances and surprising clarification."
Awards
The film received two nominations for the BAFTA Award in 1967 in the categories of Best Production Design and Best Cinematography.
literature
- Evelyn Piper : Who Knows About Bunny Lake? Detective novel (Original title: Bunny Lake Is Missing ). German by Johannes Wetzel . S. Mohn, Gütersloh 1961, 188 pp.
Web links
- Bunny Lake Is Missing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bunny Lake has disappeared. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 21, 2017 .