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The Servant

  • 19631963
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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The Servant (1963)
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Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda.Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda.Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
12K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
11,259
1,540
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Harold Pinter(screenplay)
      • Robin Maugham(novel 'The Servant')
    • Stars
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • Sarah Miles
      • Wendy Craig
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Harold Pinter(screenplay)
      • Robin Maugham(novel 'The Servant')
    • Stars
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • Sarah Miles
      • Wendy Craig
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 71User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 94Metascore
    • Won 3 BAFTA Awards
      • 8 wins & 10 nominations total

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    The Servant
    Trailer 2:40
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    The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde, Wendy Craig, and James Fox in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde and Wendy Craig in The Servant (1963)
    James Fox and Sarah Miles in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde, Wendy Craig, and James Fox in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde and James Fox in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde and Wendy Craig in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde, Wendy Craig, and James Fox in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde and Wendy Craig in The Servant (1963)
    Dirk Bogarde and James Fox in The Servant (1963)
    James Fox in The Servant (1963)
    Harold Pinter and Ann Firbank in The Servant (1963)

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    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Barrett
    Sarah Miles
    Sarah Miles
    • Vera
    Wendy Craig
    Wendy Craig
    • Susan
    James Fox
    James Fox
    • Tony
    Catherine Lacey
    Catherine Lacey
    • Lady Mounset
    Richard Vernon
    Richard Vernon
    • Lord Mounset
    Ann Firbank
    Ann Firbank
    • People in restaurant: Society Woman
    Doris Nolan
    Doris Nolan
    • People in restaurant: Older Woman
    • (as Doris Knox)
    Patrick Magee
    Patrick Magee
    • People in restaurant: Bishop
    Jill Melford
    • People in restaurant: Younger Woman
    Alun Owen
    • People in restaurant: Curate
    Harold Pinter
    Harold Pinter
    • People in restaurant: Society Man
    Derek Tansley
    • People in restaurant: Head Waiter
    Brian Phelan
    • Man in Pub
    Hazel Terry
    • Woman in Bedroom
    Philippa Hare
    • Girl in Bedroom
    Dorothy Bromiley
    • Girl in Phone Box
    Alison Seebohm
    • Girl in Pub
    • Director
      • Joseph Losey
    • Writers
      • Harold Pinter(screenplay)
      • Robin Maugham(novel 'The Servant')
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      When producer and director Joseph Losey was hospitalized for two weeks during this shoot, Dirk Bogarde continued filming assisted by minute, daily instructions over the phone from Losey's hospital bed. When Losey returned to the set, he did not re-shoot any of the script, much to the relief of cast and crew.
    • Goofs
      When Tony and Susan arrive at Tony's house in the Mercedes, with an extended visit in mind, they both go into the house and Tony leaves the car's lights on.
    • Quotes

      Hugo Barrett: I'll tell you what I am. I'm a gentleman's gentleman, and you're no bloody GENTLEMAN!

    • Connections
      Featured in Stairs (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      All Gone
      Cleo Laine sings

      Music by John Dankworth (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Harold Pinter (uncredited)

    User reviews71

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    9/10
    Superb, sinister movie
    This is a superb, sinister movie of the very highest class. Unlike the character Tony (James Fox) who is upper class without being high class, if you get my drift. You cannot really sympathise with Tony, who toys with some high falutin' development projects but basically is a wastrel just waiting to be ponced off. Tony is a later-day Bertie Wooster. The sinister element comes from the servant (Dirk Bogarde), who is no Jeeves. Barrett, like Jeeves , is a gentleman's gentleman or valet (not a butler as suggested in some other comments on this film). Tony needs a valet because he is incapable of doing anything much without help. Barrett and his accomplice Vera (Sarah Miles) take Tony to the cleaners, sweeping aside the fiancee Susan (Wendy Craig) in their wake.

    Harold Pinter has written the screenplay in similar vein to the superb movie The Accident, also a Losey piece, which I also commend. The cinematography in both movies is simply excellent. The subject matter of The Servant suits Pinter, although much of the screenplay is not really in Pinter's voice. However, there is one scene, set in a restaurant, which includes a tiny cameo by Pinter himself and which contains a short Pinteresque exchange between two women. There is also one tense exchange between Susan and Barrett "do you wear deodorant" etc. which is very reminiscent of a scene in The Caretaker "you stink from arsehole to Thursday" etc. Indeed the story of The Servant resembles The Caretaker in many respects, except that in The Servant the interloper, Barrett, is on top and stays there, whereas in The Caretaker the interloper, Davies, lacks the skill and circumstances to dislodge the incumbent.

    There is a homoerotic undercurrent to the film and this works so well because it is an undercurrent (in 1963 there could have been no more than an undercurrent even if they had wanted more). The overt debauchery with Vera and the orgy party towards the end of the film is the only bit of the film that has aged without grace. But I quibble.

    This is a truly great film and it deserves to be more widely known.
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    • ian_harris
    • Nov 25, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Diener
    • Filming locations
      • 30 Royal Avenue, Chelsea, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Springbok Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $45,522
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,859
      • Jul 28, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $75,446
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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