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The Servant is a 1963 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey. It was written by Harold Pinter, who adapted Robin Maugham's 1948 novella. The Servant stars Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig and James Fox.
Jun 14, 2023 · We first see Bogarde as Hugo in Joseph Losey’s “The Servant” (1963) from across a busy street as he’s standing before a storefront, clad in a black hat and overcoat with a closed umbrella serving as a walking stick.
Apr 26, 2020 · The subject of The Servant (1963) is the English class system and its tensions in swinging sixties London. The battleground for this class struggle is mainly confined to a single location, a house owned by Tony (James Fox), an eligible bachelor and upper-class naïf who fancies himself a businessman. Into this abode enters the enigmatic Barrett ...
- Martyn Bamber
The Servant: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox. Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda.
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- Drama
- Joseph Losey
- 1964-03-16
Explicitly class-conscious, The Servant plays out as a savage struggle for power, with property, sex and social assurance both the weapons and the prizes. Sarah Miles as Barrett’s ‘sister’ and Wendy Craig as Tony’s girlfriend are convincing, but it’s foppish Fox and slippery Bogarde who dominate, their conflict depicted in director ...
Aug 18, 2021 · James Fox. Dirk Bogarde. Wendy Craig. Sarah Miles. Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. Dirk Bogarde and James Fox wage silent class warfare in this newly restored ice-cold Brit...
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Mar 28, 2021 · But by now the actor was, in Losey’s words, “too old to play the boy.” Or, as Dirk later put it: “[I] had to play the servant because there was no money for a star like Ralph Richardson.” Bogarde’s performance as the sly Hugo Barrett is one of his greatest, and it earned him his first BAFTA win.