Das Loch in der Tür

Das Loch in der Tür (1972)

The Nightcomers

Nach dem Unfalltod ihrer wohlhabenden Eltern werden Flora und Miles von ihrem Vormund auf einen entlegenen Landsitz geschickt, wo sie unter Obhut der Gouvernante Ms. Jessel (Stephanie Beacham) aufwachsen. Mit im Haus leben noch die Haushälterin und Peter Quint, der Gärtner (Marlon Brando), mit dem sich die beiden schnell anfreunden. Quint ist belesen, hat einiges von der Welt gesehen und lockert die nach strengen Regeln ablaufende Erziehung etwas auf. Doch Quint besitzt auch eine dunkle Seite..........

Erscheinungsdatum
1972-02-15
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (85)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 36 Min.
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Regie
Michael Winner

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

The Nightcomers is a 1971 psychological horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, and Anna Palk. It is a prequel to Henry James' 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw, which had already been adapted into The Innocents (1961). The film focuses on groundskeeper Peter Quint's corruption of Miss Jessel, a virtuous governess at an English manor, as well as the two children in her care.

Production

The film was based on an original script by Michael Hastings. He started with the beginning of the Turn of the Screw and plotted backwards. He says he wanted the two lead characters to be "plausible... based on their strange eroticism."

The children in the film are portrayed as being a few years older than in the Henry James novel. Reviewer Brian Holcomb sees the reason for this in the sexual nature of the film and their roles in it (Verna Harvey was in fact 19 at the time).

Brando's casting was announced in November 1970. Filming took place in February and March 1971.

The manor house in the film is Sawston Hall, a 16th-century Tudor manor house in Sawston, Cambridgeshire.

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