Deep End

"If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things."

1971 1h 32m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 252

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London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.

“If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things.”

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Cast

Jane Asher
Susan
John Moulder-Brown
Mike
Karl Michael Vogler
Gym Teacher
Christopher Sandford
Chris
Diana Dors
Bathhouse Female Client #1
Louise Martini
Beata
Erica Beer
Bathhouse Cashier
Anita Lochner
Kathy

Credits

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Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers: Bolesław Sulik, Jerzy Gruza, Jerzy Skolimowski
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, Germany

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, Germany.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, shot by Charly Steinberger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cat Stevens. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Barrie Vince shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown and Karl Michael Vogler carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0066122 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jerzy Skolimowski directs. Charly Steinberger behind the camera. Cat Stevens scores. Barrie Vince cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom, Germany. Dialogue in English.

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155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, Germany.
3Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, shot by Charly Steinberger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Cat Stevens. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Barrie Vince shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown and Karl Michael Vogler carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things.".
8IMDB entry: tt0066122 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "london, england", "love triangle", "surrealism", "swimming pool".
10Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Charly Steinberger
Original score: Cat Stevens
Editing: Barrie Vince
Makeup / hair: Elke Müller
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Deep End (1971)

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CinemaSerf2024-05-25
★ 6/10
Takes me back to the days when folks had to go to a bathhouse - we'd get half an hour and I'd share with my sister. Carbolic soap! Anyway, don't remember having attendants quite as easy on the eye as "Susan" (Jane Asher) and "Mike" (John Moulder-Brown). Most of the film is taken from the perspective of the latter, constantly horny, young lad who has the serious hots for his colleague. He's young and innocent and so gets his fair share of attention (and tips) from the clientele too - especially Diana Dors! "Susan" lives her life to the full, and that doesn't suit the increasingly possessive young "Mike". He starts to follow her and soon realises that she has a pretty drippy boyfriend "Mike" (Christopher Sandford) and is having a fling with his teacher (Karl Michael Vogler). Somehow he manages to get hold of a full-sized cardboard cut out of his dream girl as the latter half hour of the film descends a little too much into hormone-driven farce for me. It was rated X for the nudity, of which there is a little towards the end, but for the most part the sexual content is confined to the young man's head and JMB is quite good at imbuing his character with a degree of sexual frustration that I suspect we can all relate to. Asher, likewise, is quite effective as his manipulatrix and for an hour or so their teasing cat and mouse antics (she being the cat) are quite fun. Thereafter, though, I sort of lost interest and found it dragging. It's certainly worth a watch, but it's lost most of its oomph I'm afraid.

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