The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Country
Production
Budget
$14 670
Box office
$83 568
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Ivor Montagu
Whole Team (13)
Whole Team (13)
Short description
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
What's left behind the scenes
- The silent version of the film was restored by the British Film Institute's National Archive with the support of the British Council.
- After a private screening for the management, distributor Charles M. Woolf, who viewed Hitchcock's experiments with skepticism, told the director: "Your picture is terrible; we'll put it on the shelf and forget about it." However, the film eventually hit screens thanks to Michael Balcon, the head of Gainsborough Pictures, and editor Ivor Montagu.
- After a private screening, distributor Charles M. Woolf, who was skeptical of Hitchcock's experiments, told the director: "Your film is terrible, we will put it on the shelf and forget about it." However, the film eventually reached the screens thanks to the director of the Gainsborough Pictures studio, Michael Balcon, and editor, Ivore Montague.
- Alfred Hitchcock's cameo – a man sitting with his back to the camera at a desk in the editorial office at the five-minute mark of the film.
- In the film's opening scene, Hitchcock planned to show the victim of a maniac being fished out of the Thames at night against the backdrop of Charing Cross Bridge. However, Scotland Yard forbade him from filming on the bridge. Hitchcock repeated his request several times until Scotland Yard hinted that if the scene were shot in a single night, the police would "look the other way." Hitchcock quickly dispatched the actors and crew to the location. However, when the film was developed, it turned out that the footage of the bridge had vanished. After a long search, Hitchcock discovered that the cinematographer had forgotten to put the lens on the camera before the night shoot.
- Russian audiences will see the restored version of the film for the first time in August 2014 at the 'Hitchcock: Nine Unknowns' festival, organized by the British Council.
- In the opening scene of the film, Hitchcock planned to show the victim of a maniac being pulled out of the Thames at night against the backdrop of the Charing Cross Bridge. However, Scotland Yard forbade him from filming on the bridge. Hitchcock repeated his request several times until Scotland Yard hinted that if the scene was shot in one night, the police would "look the other way." Hitchcock quickly sent the actors and cameramen to the location. However, when the film was developed, it turned out that the footage on the bridge was missing. After a long search, Hitchcock found out that the cameraman had forgotten to put the lens on the camera before the night shoot.
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