The draughtsman's contract
Type
Label
The draughtsman's contract
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRA
Main title
The draughtsman's contract
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
108
Summary
An aristocratic wife (Janet Suzman) commissions a young, cocksure draughtsman (Anthony Higgins) to sketch her husband's property while he is away-in exchange for a fee, room and board, and one sexual favor for each of the twelve drawings. As the draughtsman becomes more entrenched in the devious schemings in this seemingly idyllic country home, curious details emerge in his drawings that may reveal a murder
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Mystery films
- Contracts -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Drawing -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Murder -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Drama
- Feature films
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Adultery -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
Content
Actor
Composer
Director
Producer
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor14
- Genre2
- Subject8
- Mystery films
- Contracts -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Drawing -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Murder -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Drama
- Feature films
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Adultery -- England -- 17th century -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor10
- Composer1
- Director1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1