The Man from London
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| German title | The Man from London |
| Original title | A Londoni férfi |
| Country of production | Hungary , France , Germany |
| original language | French , English |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 132 minutes |
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| Director | Béla Tarr |
| script | Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai |
| production |
Humbert Balsan , Christoph Hahnheiser , Paul Saadoun , Gábor Téni , Joachim von Vietinghoff , Miriam Zachar |
| music | Mihály Víg |
| camera | Fred Kelemen |
| cut | Ágnes Hranitzky |
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The Man from London (alternative title: Der Mann aus London ; original title: A Londoni férfi ) is a feature film by the Hungarian director Béla Tarr from 2007. The film, shot in black and white, is an adaptation of the novel L'Homme de Londres by the Belgian author Georges Simenon . It premiered in competition at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival .
action
Maloin works as a shunter in a train station at the port. One night he watched from his watchtower how a man was knocked down and thrown into the docks with his suitcase. He fishes the suitcase out of the water and discovers a large number of British pound notes in it. He dries the money on a stove, but doesn't tell his wife or daughter about the find. Police inspector Morrison suspects a man named Brown to have committed the murder. He puts Brown in an inn and offers to waive further investigations in exchange for the return of the money. But Brown remains silent about the police inspector's suspicions and flees through the back door of the restaurant.
background
Characteristic of Béla Tarr's work are the extremely long plan sequences that usually stretch over several minutes. Overall, the film with a running time of 132 minutes only 29 settings .
The film was released in German cinemas on November 12, 2009.
Web links
- The Man from London in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The Man from London atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of competition participants 2007 ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the Cannes Film Festival website , accessed April 30, 2013
- ↑ Fabian Lemercier: Interview with Béla Tarr on cineuropa.org, May 23, 2007, accessed on April 30, 2013
- ↑ The Man from London in the Lexikon des Internationale Films , zweiausendeins.de, accessed on April 30, 2013
