country flag Bezeten - Het gat in de muur (1969)
| USA: Obsessions
| GER: Besessen - Das Loch in der Wand


Dutch Cinema: Bezeten - Het gat in de muur (1969)
 

Description:

A painting falls off the wall in a rented room. The tenant, Nils (Dieter Geissler), a doctorate student in medicine, looks through the little hole in the wall to what happens in his neighbors room. What he sees makes him forget his textbooks quickly. It's not just the sex that generates his curiosity; Soon he witnesses events that point towards a crime. As he becomes more and more entangled in the web of mystery, his fiancé, Marina (Alexandra Stewart), a young journalist, receives an assignment to report a murder case.
Camera: Jan de Bont !


Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psycho


Director: Pim de la Parra

Cast:
Alexandra Stewart, Dieter Geissler, Tom van Beek, Donald Jones, Elisabeth Versluys, Marijke Boonstra, Vibeke Løkkeberg, Michael Krebs, Hasmig Terveen, Fons Rademakers...

Roleplay:
  -   Alexandra Stewart Marina
  -   Dieter Geissler Nils Janssen
  -   Tom van Beek Joseph Edward Petrucci
  -   Donald Jones Otto Fabian
  -   Elisabeth Versluys Ingrid
  -   Marijke Boonstra Stella Olsen
  -   Vibeke Løkkeberg 2nd Girl (as Vibeke)
  -   Michael Krebs Baldie
  -   Hasmig Terveen Masseuse
  -   Fons Rademakers Raoul Orlov
  -   Victoria Naelin Nils' Mother (as Viktoria Naelin)
  -   Adrian Brine Chemist
  -   Sara Heyblom Old Lady (as Sarah Heyblom)
  -   Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard Raoul's Wife (as Ingeborg Uijt den Bogaard)
  -   Margareta Orrje Assistant to Chemist
  -   Rista Schuyt French Girl
  -   Fred Hecht (uncredited)
Script writer: Pim de la Parra, Martin Scorsese, Wim Verstappen
Soundtrack: Bernard Herrmann



Dutch Cinema: Obsessions (USA)
 
Blu-ray: USA - "Obsessions"
Released 09-MAY-2017 by Cult Epics
The obscure film OBSESSIONS (aka A HOLE IN THE WALL) was directed by Dutch artsploitation auteur Pim de la Parra and co-produced by longtime collaborator Wim Verstappen (BLUE MOVIE). This gritty, psychedelic Hitchockian mystery, which is notable for being the first Dutch film shot in English-language, starts in a savagely brutal fashion. When a bloody painting of Vincent van Gogh falls from a wall and exposes a makeshift peephole, student protagonist Nils Janssen (played by the film's German co-producer Dieter Geissler) becomes an unwitting witness to a gruesome sex crime next door. When his young fiancée Marina (Alexandra Stewart of Troffaut's DAY FOR NIGHT), an enterprising journalist, tells him about a report of a murder that she is writing, he naturally wonders if it's the very same killing.

This classic exploitation film was the birth of auteur cinema in Holland, and inspired legendary filmmakers such as Paul Verhoeven to make their start in the industry. Originally distributed in over 100 countries, the film remained unreleased in the U.S. (and France) – until now. Perhaps most notably, the film was co-written by a young Martin Scorsese, who shot the legendary erotic drama sequence for his first feature WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR (1968) in Amsterdam, that same year. Additionally, the film also stars legendary Dutch filmmaker Fons Rademakers (MIRA, THE ASSAULT), is edited by Henry Rust (CHILDREN OF PARADISE) and scored by Hitchcock composer Bernard Herrmann (TAXI DRIVER, SISTERS). OBSESSIONS is a curious cultural hybrid where late-1960s Dutch exploitation and classic Hollywood Hitchcock collide in a provacative and revolutionary fashion.
Edition: BD+DVD
Duration: 91 min.
Rating: Not Rated
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: none
Regioncode: A,B
Extras: Introductions, Interviews, Scorpio Films excerpt, Dutch trailer, Script notes by Martin Scorsese, Photo gallery,
Comment: Bluray + DVD
Discs: 2, BD50


Dutch Cinema: Besessen - Das Loch in der Wand (GER)
 
Blu-ray: GER - "Besessen - Das Loch in der Wand"
Released 02-JUN-2016 by Koch media
Scheinbar zufällig findet Medizin-Student Nils Janssen (Dieter Geissler) in seinem Apartment ein kleines Loch in der Wand, durch das er das merkwürdige und zunehmend unzüchtige Treiben in der benachbarten Wohnung beobachten kann. Sein Voyeurismus wird jedoch bald auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als eines Tages eine junge Frau scheinbar ums Leben kommt. Wurde Nils wirklich Zeuge eines Mordfalles oder spielt ihm seine Wahrnehmung einen makabren Streich?

Angelehnt an Meisterwerke wie "Peeping Tom" oder Hitchcocks "Das Fenster zum Hof" schuf der holländische Regisseur Pim de la Parra mit "Besessen - Das Loch in der Wand" 1969 einen Suspense-Thriller, der aufgrund seiner Indizierung lange Zeit nur Genrekennern ein Begriff war. Zu Unrecht, wie schon ein Blick auf die Beteiligten zeigt: Oscar®-Preisträger Martin Scorsese ("Casino", "The Wolf of Wall Street") durfte sich hier bereits in jungen Jahren als Drehbuchautor beweisen, der legendäre Bernard Herrmann ("Psycho") steuerte den atmosphärischen Title-Score bei. Das Ergebnis ist ein grandioses Stück Thriller-Geschichte, das nun seine überfällige Wiederauferstehung feiern darf.
Duration: 90 min.
Rating: FSK-18
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, German: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Subtitles: German
Regioncode: B
Extras: Interview with Dieter Geissler (ca. 24 Min.), Trailer, Photogalery with rare promomaterial
Discs: 1, BD-50