Directed by:
Peter NewbrookCinematography:
Freddie YoungCast:
Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire, Robert Stephens, Fiona Walker, John Lawrence, Raplh Arliss, Tony Caunter, Terry ScullyPlots(1)
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist-loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects? Hugo brings to a family boating party his newest invention-a motion picture camera. The party quickly turns into a disaster as he captures on film the tragic drowning of his son and his fiancee. When the film is replayed later, the same ghostlike presence appears. It flies towards his son, and vanishes inside his dying body. Has Hugo discovered The Asphyx, the spirit of the dead described in Greek mythology? (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Robert Powell
UK
Best movies:
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Tommy (1975)
Jane Lapotaire
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Lady Jane (1986)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Robert Stephens
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Chaplin (1992)
Cleopatra (1963)
Fiona Walker
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
The Woman in Black (1989) (TV movie)
John Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Seconds (1966)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
The Arrangement (1969)
Raplh Arliss
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles (1995) (TV movie)
Tony Caunter
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Cromwell (1970)
Terry Scully
UK
Best movies:
Night Creatures (1962)
The Horror of Death (1972)