When the plumber comes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | When the plumber comes |
| Original title | The plumber |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Weir |
| script | Peter Weir |
| production | Matt Carroll |
| music | Gerry Tolland |
| camera | David Sanderson |
| cut | Wayne LeClos |
| occupation | |
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When the Plumber Comes (Original title: The Plumber ) is an Australian horror film from 1979 . Directed by Peter Weir .
action
The students Jilly and Brian Cowper live in Adelaide . Brian studies medicine and Jilly studies anthropology . One day Max comes along pretending to be a plumber and claiming that he has to fix something in the bathroom. Since he cannot finish his work, he wants to come back the next day. The bathroom is increasingly turning into a construction site, the repairs often turn out to be unnecessary. Jilly becomes increasingly suspicious of the plumber, while Brian tries to reassure Jilly. The film ends with Max's arrest. There are items in his car that belonged to Jilly.
criticism
“An ironically tinged thriller, in which horror effects always turn into comic. The film made for television appears like a paraphrase of the movie The Last Flood by the same director. "
Web links
- When the plumber comes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ When the plumber comes. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 5, 2017 .