The stranger in the house

Movie
German title	The stranger in the house
Original title	Stranger in the house
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1967
length	102 minutes
Rod
Director	Pierre Rouve
script	Pierre Rouve
production	Dimitri de Grunwald Anatole de Grunwald
music	John Scott
camera	Kenneth Higgins
cut	Ernest Walter
occupation
James Mason : John Sawyer Geraldine Chaplin : Angela Sawyer Bobby Darin : Barney Teale Paul Bertoya : Jo Christoforides Ian Ogilvy : Desmond Flower Bryan Stanyon : Peter Hawkins Pippa Steel : Sue Phillips Clive Morton : Colonel Flower Moira Lister : Mrs. Flower James Hayter : Harry Hawkins Megs Jenkins : Mrs. Christoforides Lisa Daniely : Diana Sawyer Ivor Dean : Inspector Colder Yootha Joyce

The Stranger in the House (Original title: Stranger in the House ) is a British full color film from 1967 by Pierre Rouve . He also wrote the script. It is based on the novel "Les inconnus dans la maison" by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon . The film premiered on May 23, 1967 in London. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on September 8, 1967.

action

The English star defender John Sawyer did not prevent a death sentence years ago because his wife had just left him and he could not concentrate properly during the trial. Since then, the rich man has lived buried in his house and is devoted to drinking. He is also no longer interested in his daughter Angela, who moves around with a clique of dubious friends. But then a ship steward secretly housed by the young people is shot in his house, who is on the run and blackmailing the circle of friends for a stupid prank. The suspicion falls on the Cypriot Christophorides, who actually does not fit into the wealthy circle due to his modest finances, but is closest to Angela. At the request of his daughter, John Sawyer now awakens the old ambition to clarify the case. And he finally succeeds in convicting the real perpetrator: an impotent man whose physical weakness was mocked by the others.

criticism

The Protestant film observer sums up his opinion as follows: “A Simenon material that strives for deepening, but mainly has a good James Mason to offer. For adults. "The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion:" Criminalistic family drama based on a novel by Georges Simenon, which addresses the alienation of the pop generation from their pharisee fathers - with fashionable borrowings from Antonioni's "Blow up". "

Web link

• The stranger in the house at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 413/1967, pp. 521 to 522
2. ^ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 1127