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Bedsitters (1974)

Genre :

Runtime : 17M

Director : Frans Zwartjes

Synopsis

Set on the landing and the stairs of Zwartjes’ new house, then still empty, in The Hague. The filmmaker suggests a mysterious and complex space by using a ‘floating’ camera to film a number of crawling, creeping personages. (MUBI)

Actors

Armand Perrenet
Armand Perrenet
Moniek Toebosch
Moniek Toebosch
Trix Zwartjes
Trix Zwartjes

Crews

Frans Zwartjes
Frans Zwartjes
Director
Michel Waisvisz
Michel Waisvisz
Sound Designer
Frans Zwartjes
Frans Zwartjes
Sound Designer
Rudolf Zwartjes
Rudolf Zwartjes
Sound Designer
Frans Zwartjes
Frans Zwartjes
Producer

Posters and backgrounds

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