Repulsion (1965)

Regisseur:

Roman Polanski

Drehbuchautoren:

Roman Polanski (original screenplay) &
Gérard Brach (original screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

3. Oktober 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror | Drama

Werbezeile:

From the Award-Winning "Knife In the Water"

Plot:

Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, a sexually repressed young beauty goes insane with surreal fantasies of seduction and rape.

Plot Keywords:

Hair Curlers | Beauty | Sewing | Seduction | Banjo

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Catherine Deneuve suffers from an industrial-strength case of sexual repression

Besetzung

Catherine Deneuve	...	Carole Ledoux
Ian Hendry	...	Michael
John Fraser	...	Colin
Yvonne Furneaux	...	Hélène Ledoux
Patrick Wymark	...	Landlord
Renee Houston	...	Miss Balch
Valerie Taylor	...	Madame Denise
James Villiers	...	John
Helen Fraser	...	Bridget
Hugh Futcher	...	Reggie
Monica Merlin	...	Mrs. Rendlesham
Imogen Graham	...	Manicurist
Mike Pratt	...	Workman

Alternativ:

Ekel (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

105 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Hungary:16 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 (2004) | Finland:K-18 (1965) (cut) | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 (1993) (uncut) | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 (theatrical re-release) | Finland:(Banned) (1965) (uncut) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Norway:16 (original rating) | Norway:18 (video rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1984) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated

Drehorte:

Earl's Court, London, England, UK

Firma:

Compton Films

Dies und das:

Features the first depiction of female orgasm (sound only) to be passed by the British Board of Film Censors.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The position between shots of the telephone and the envelope when Carole picks up the rabbit and goes to answer the phone.

Dialogzitate:

Carole Ledoux: I must get this crack mended.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)

Catherine Deneuve suffers from an industrial-strength case of sexual repression

In "Repulsion" the gorgeous Catherine Deneuve suffers from an industrial-strength case of sexual repression, coupled with a hefty dose of sibling rivalry which foists upon her a succession of rape fantasies and delusional hallucinations. Polanski's direction is unparalleled as he elicits a creepy terror through the use of some fairly unconventional special-effects. The subjective world created for the heroine is a series of dreams and visions of a decaying apartment and psycho-sexual fantasy and this is what the film seems to be about. The cracking walls are perhaps one of the most ingeniously horrifying special-effects in cinematic history. The lack of dialogue that runs throughout complements the restrained narrative design as the neurotic obsessions remain largely unexplained. But for better or for worse, I think better, Polanski's final frame settles on an image which cryptically resolves the entire enigma with a kind of devastating efficiency. All in all, one of the great films of the 1960s.