The creepy visitor

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Movie
German title The creepy visitor
Original title The Night Visitor
Country of production USA ,
Sweden
original language English
Publishing year 1971
length 106 minutes
Rod
Director László Benedek
script Guy Elmes ,
Samuel Roeca
production Mel Ferrer
music Henry Mancini
camera Henning Kristiansen
cut Bill Blunden
occupation

The Eerie Visitor is a psychological thriller by director László Benedek from 1971. It was also published under the title Perfect Vengeance .

The film had its world premiere on February 7, 1972 in Sweden , three days later it was shown in New York (USA). In Germany it was broadcast for the first time on January 25, 1973 on ARD . The synchronization took place under the direction of Lothar Michael Schmitt .

content

At the beginning we see Salem, the protagonist of the film, wandering through a wintry landscape wearing only underwear and a heavy pair of boots. He broke out of a prison, a mental hospital for criminals, a gloomy and imposing castle fortress on a desolate seashore. He has been detained there for two years after being convicted of an ax murder of a farm worker on the basis of false testimony by his sister and her husband. Salem's intent is to get revenge on anyone he holds responsible for his unjust conviction and subsequent imprisonment. He's got a surefire alibi. He is sitting in a dungeon from which it seems impossible to escape. As the murders go on, an inspector searches all directions. Above all, the film captivates with the spectacular escape sequences from Salem, in which the then 41-year-old von Sydow achieved great physical performances in an impressive but believable manner and without any film trick. The investigating inspector is faced with a puzzle. After another murder, he visits Salem again in his cell, even though Salem cannot actually be the perpetrator due to his detention situation. A completely surprising and unexpected piece of evidence that convicts the perpetrator forms the final punch line of the film.

synchronization

role actor Dubbing voice
Salem Max von Sydow Wilhelm Borchert
Lawyer Clemens Rupert Davies Hans W. Hamacher
The inspector Trevor Howard Arnold Marquis
Director Kemp Andrew Keir Edgar Ott
Dr. Anton Jenks Per Oscarsson Norbert Kollakowsky
Emmie Hanne Bork Gisela Fritsch
Esther Jenks Liv Ullmann Renate Küster
Mr. Torens Bjørn Watt-Boolsen Manfred Grote
Mrs. Hansen Gretchen Franklin Tina Eilers
Policeman Carl Jim Kennedy Randolf Kronberg

criticism

The art historian Kay Less called the film " one of the critically underestimated, refined crime thriller [...] with an excellent Max von Sydow as a vengeful, cunning inmate of an insane asylum ".

“Superficial psychological thriller that greatly simplifies characters and situations and does not dispense with clichés. Acting good. "

- film service

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Individual proof

  1. ↑ Synchronized files
  2. ↑ Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 92.