The Draughtsman's Contract
A landscape of lust and cunning.
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- Comedy
- Mystery
- History
Overview
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 12, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, English, German
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Film4 Productions,BFI
- Cast
- Anthony Higgins,Janet Suzman,Dave Hill,Anne-Louise Lambert,Hugh Fraser,Neil Cunningham,David Meyer,Tony Meyer,Nicholas Amer,Suzan Crowleyand 12 more
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writer
- Peter Greenaway
- Producer
- David Payne
- Cinematography
- Curtis Clark
- Music
- Michael Nyman
- Budget
- $370,800
- Revenue
- $2,256,246
- IMDb
- tt0083851