The Draughtsman's Contract
1982
A landscape of lust and cunning.
- Peter Greenaway
- 1h 48m
- November 12, 1982 · United Kingdom
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,Channel Four Films
- Cast
- Anthony Higgins,Janet Suzman,Dave Hill,Alastair G. Cumming,Anne-Louise Lambert,Hugh Fraser,Neil Cunningham,David Meyer,Tony Meyer,Nicholas Amerand 13 more
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writer
- Peter Greenaway
- Producer
- David Payne
- Cinematography
- Curtis Clark
- Music
- Michael Nyman
- Budget
- $370,800
- Revenue
- $2,256,246
- IMDb
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