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Overview

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Director:

Dick Maas

Writer:

Dick Maas (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

4 July 1985 (USA) more

Tagline:

Take the stairs, take the stairs. For God's sake, take the Stairs!!!

Plot:

A lift begins displaying some erratic behavior, like trapping some party goers and nearly suffocating them... more | add synopsis

Awards:

2 wins more

User Comments:

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Huub Stapel ... Felix Adelaar
Willeke van Ammelrooy ... Mieke de Beer
Josine van Dalsum ... Saskia Adelaar
Liz Snoyink ... Vrouw in Lift
Wiske Sterringa ... Vrouw in Lift
Huib Broos ... Man in Lift
Pieter Lutz ... Man in Lift
Johan Hobo ... Ober
Dick Scheffer ... Gérant
Matthias Maat ... Ober
Ger van Groningen ... Ober
Jan Anne Drenth ... Nachtportier
Emma Onrust ... Dochertje
Sydney Kuyer ... Zoontje
Cor Witschge ... Dagportier
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Lift (Philippines: English title)
Goin' Up
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Runtime:

Argentina:99 min | Sweden:99 min | USA:95 min | Netherlands:95 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The scene where the security guard is decapitated by the elevator was shot several times, that's why the head that falls down the shaft is smudged and disfigured. more

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Felix arrives at the Office from 'Nieuwe Revu' we see the sound technician moving in the back of the van. more

Quotes:

Head Waiter: These damn machines will be the death of us all some day! more

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Allemaal film: De gouden jaren (#1.3)" (2007) more


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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Pick and choose and score a goodie, 30 April 2001
8/10
Author: aqua_swing from Canada

So i was in a second hand movie store looking for a good silly, foreign overdubbed film.

The Lift caught my eye. The cover of the movie exclaims "Take the stairs, take the stairs, for god's sake please take the stairs"

How can you lose?

Seeing this movie for the first time was kind of strange. The lighting is really dark, but the overdubs are good.

The film holds ground nicely, save one part where our hero is talking to a scientist about chips that reproduce themselves, where the word "chip" was used around 30 times in a 2 minute scene.

The hero of the story is rather well scripted, kind of cold, and cool.

The music is kind of strange also, not really complimenting anything, but making the scenes stranger.

I did end up buying the hour and a half movie, as it is a must see for any fan of silly horrors such as Evil Dead, or Dawn of the dead.

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