Malpertuis

Jan (Mathieu Carriere, Police Python 357), a sailor newly arrived onshore is unsure about returning to land but makes the journey to visit his childhood home only to find it no longer there. He goes to Bar Venus and joins his friends but an altercation leaves him knocked out cold. He wakes up in Malpertuis, a gothic mansion presided over by his uncle, Cassavius (Orson Welles). All the inhabitants of Malpertuis are waiting for Cassavius to die and the opportunity to inherit his vast fortune. But Cassavius wishes anyone who inherits to stay there forever. Jan investigates as those who leave meet with mysterious deaths. Harry Kümel's (Daughters of Darkness) phantasmagoria is a Matryoshka doll of fantastic ideas, realised with stunning photography by Gerry Fisher (The Exorcist III) and scored by Georges Delerue (Contempt).

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: Harry Kümel and Françoise Levie (assistant director), Documentaries: ''Malpertuis' Archive' (2005); 'Orson Welles Uncut'; ''Malpertuis' Revisited' (2005), Interviews: Harry Kümel (director); Jonathan Rigby (author/gothic horror expert); Susan Hampshire (actor); Jean Ray (novelist); Michel Bouquet (actor) and Harry Kümel, 'The Warden of the Tomb' (1965): Film from Harry Kümel based on Franz Kafka's play; 'Malpertuis': The Cannes cut, Trailers

Actors: Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Daniel Pilon

Audio Languages: Dutch

Duration: 125 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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