Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden (1994)

Timing: 1:43 (103 min)

7.145/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1994-05-04

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Canal+, Film4 Productions, TF1 Films Production, Fine Line Features, Capitol Films, Flach Film, Les Films de l'Astre

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$2 147 483 647

Revenue

$0

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Director

Roman Polanski

Actors

Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova, Jonathan Vega, Rodolphe Vega, Gilberto Cortés, Jorge Cruz, Carlos Moreno, Eduardo Valenzuela
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Scenario

Producer

Thom Mount, Josh Kramer, Sharon Harel-Cohen, Jane Barclay

Operator

Tonino Delli Colli

Composer

Wojciech Kilar

Artist

Audition

Mary Selway, Patsy Pollock

Editing

Hervé de Luze
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• The film's title alludes to Franz Schubert's quartet "Death and the Maiden".
• According to Sigourney Weaver, director Roman Polanski would occasionally and unexpectedly fire a gun to capture genuine expressions of fear on the actors' faces.
• Roman Polanski dreamed of casting Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston in the leading roles.
• With the exception of the very first scene, which takes place at dawn, the film was shot in chronological order. Director Roman Polanski decided to shoot this scene at sunset, stating that the lighting was better at that time of day, so it was filmed in reverse (the last scene, where the sun rises, was filmed first, when the sun was actually setting, and so on).