Polski opis
TREŚĆ:
Film opowiadający o życiu Alberta Pierrepointa, najsłynniejszego kata Wielkiej Brytanii. Rok 1932, hrabstwo Lancashire. Albert, kierowca ciężarówki, otrzymuje list z zaproszeniem do podjęcia pracy w służbie Jego Królewskiej Mości. Podobnie, jak wcześniej jego ojciec i wuj, udaje się na szkolenie do więzienia Pentonville. Tak rozpoczyna się przygoda kata, który zasłynął m.in. z powieszenia takich "gwiazd" jak John George Haigh, który mordował kobiety i rozpuszczał je przy pomocy kwasu w wannie, czy też Ruth Ellis, ostatniej kobiety, powieszonej w Anglii...
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Gatunek: dramat
Język: angielski
Produkcja: Wielka Brytania
Rok produkcji: 2005
Czas trwania: 91 min.
EKIPA:
Reżyseria: Adrian Shergold
Scenariusz: Jeff Pope, Bob Mills
Zdjęcia: Danny Cohen
Muzyka: Martin Phipps
Montaż: Tania Reddin
Scenografia: Candida Otton
Kostiumy: Mary Jane Reyner
Dyrektor artystyczny: Andrea Coathupe
Producent wykonawczy: Andy Harries, Jeff Pope, Paul Trijbist, Rebecca Eaton
Produkcja: Christine Langan
OBSADA:
Albert Pierrepoint: Timothy Spall
Annie Pierrepoint: Juliet Stevenson
James \'Tish\' Corbitt: Eddie Marsan
George Cooper: Cavan Clerkin
Kirky: James Corden
Elizabeth Volkenrath: Joyia Fitch
Sykes: Christopher Fulford
Jessie: Claire Keelan
Timothy Evans: Ben McKay
Porucznik Llewelyn: Tobias Menzies
Josef Kramer: Michael Norton
Mary Pierrepoint: Maggie Ollerenshaw
English description
PLOT OUTLINE:
The life and career of the last in a long line of highly praised British executioners is explored in this drama directed by Adrian Shergold and starring Timothy Spall in the role of Albert Pierrepoint. As a youth, Pierrepoint was discouraged from pursuing the family career by a mother who claimed that the horrific line of work spurned his father to take up drink before eventually ushering him to an early grave. Despite his father\'s adverse reaction to the job\'s more gruesome details, Albert still thinks that he has what it takes to make it as an executioner and is soon rising to the upper echelon of hangmen thanks to his speed on the job and unwavering humanity. Eventually called before General Montgomery so that he may employ his skills in dispensing the Nuremberg criminals, Pierrepoint earns the respect and admiration of his fellow Britons just as his experiences in Germany stir his increasingly troubled conscience and abolitionists set into motion a heated campaign aimed at bringing the practice of hanging to an end.
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Genre: drama
Language: english
Country: UK
Year: 2005
Runtime: 91 min.
CREW:
Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Written by: Jeff Pope, Bob Mills
Cinematography by: Danny Cohen
Original music by: Martin Phipps
Film editing by: Tania Reddin
Production design by: Candida Otton
Costume design by: Mary Jane Reyner
Art Direction by: Andrea Coathupe
Executive producers: Andy Harries, Jeff Pope, Paul Trijbist, Rebecca Eaton
Producer: Christine Langan
CAST:
Albert Pierrepoint: Timothy Spall
Annie Pierrepoint: Juliet Stevenson
James \'Tish\' Corbitt: Eddie Marsan
George Cooper: Cavan Clerkin
Kirky: James Corden
Elizabeth Volkenrath: Joyia Fitch
Sykes: Christopher Fulford
Jessie: Claire Keelan
Timothy Evans: Ben McKay
Lt. Llewelyn: Tobias Menzies
Josef Kramer: Michael Norton
Mary Pierrepoint: Maggie Ollerenshaw
