The Pointsman

The Pointsman (1986)

De wisselwachter

A woman gets off a train by mistake and finds herself stranded alone with a peculiar man who doesn't even speak her language.

Date of release
1986-09-18
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Jos Stelling

Casting

Interesting facts

The Pointsman is a 1986 Dutch film directed by Jos Stelling, starring Jim van der Woude, Stéphane Excoffier and John Kraaijkamp, Sr. It tells the story of a French woman who moves in with a Dutch railwayman at a remote railway station. The two are unable to converse, but soon begin a strange game of seduction. The film is based on the novel De wisselwachter by Jean-Paul Franssens.

Production

The movie was filmed at Corrour Station, Rannoch Moor, in the Scottish Highlands with Scotrail providing use of the trains.

The interior shots were taken in the Netherlands where a scale replica of the Corrour Station interior was constructed in a garage of the Jongeneel timber yard on the Zeedijk in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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