The Passing of the Third Floor Back (Viertel, 1935): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.15pm
This is a 35mm screening in the 'Projecting the Archive' series at BFI Southbank.
BFI introduction:
One of the most accomplished British films of the 1930s, this fantasy melodrama boasts a wonderful ensemble cast headed by one of the industry’s finest imports: Conrad Veidt. Set in that most evocative, claustrophobic locale, the English boarding house, Jerome K. Jerome’s play brings together characters from different classes to play out its drama of sexual and class politics, reflecting on relationships and generational shift. The script was co-written by Alma Reville (Alfred Hitchcock’s wife and early collaborator), whose sensitive depiction of female characters is one of the film’s greatest assets, particularly Rène Ray as the put-upon maid and Beatrix Lehmann as a bitter spinster.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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