Rope DVD 1948 A kötél / Directed by Alfred Hitchcock / Starring: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger

UPC 5996051050611

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English mono, Hungarian mono

Subtitles: Hungarian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 77 minutes

English Summary:

Rope is a 1948 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton. The film was adapted by Hume Cronyn with a screenplay by Arthur Laurents.

Two brilliant young aesthetes, Brandon Shaw (Dall) and Phillip Morgan (Granger), strangle to death their former classmate from Harvard University, David Kentley (Dick Hogan), in their Manhattan penthouse apartment. They commit the crime as an intellectual exercise: they want to prove their superiority by committing the "perfect murder".

After hiding the body in a large antique wooden chest, Brandon and Phillip host a dinner party at the apartment, which has a panoramic view of Manhattan's skyline. The guests, who are unaware of what has happened, include the victim's father, Mr. Kentley (Cedric Hardwicke), and aunt, Mrs. Atwater (Constance Collier); his mother is unable to attend because of a cold. Also present are his fiancée, Janet Walker (Joan Chandler), and her former lover, Kenneth Lawrence (Douglas Dick), who was once David's close friend.

Hungarian Summary:

Két diák megfojtja egy társát és röviddel azelőtt, hogy egykori filozófiaprofesszoruk, valamint a meggyilkolt szülei és menyasszonya egy coctail-fogadásra megérkeznének, a lakásában elrejti az áldozatot. A két hallgató tettét a tanáruk tökéletes bűntényről szóló nézetei megvalósításának tekinti. Az est során a professzor mégis rájön arra, hogy bűntény történt, s a két tettest átadja a rendőrségnek. Közben azonban önmagában felismeri a két tettes amoralitásának szellemi atyját.

Cast / Szereplők:

• James Stewart: Rupert Cadell
• John Dall: Brandon Shaw
• Farley Granger: Phillip Morgan
• Joan Chandler: Janet Walker
• Sir Cedric Hardwicke: Mr. Kentley
• Constance Collier: Mrs. Atwater
• Douglas Dick: Kenneth Lawrence
• Edith Evanson: Mrs. Wilson