🎬 History, Mystery, Comedy

The Draughtsman's Contract

"A landscape of lust and cunning."

⭐ 7.1/10 1982 1h 48m Dir. Peter Greenaway

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R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.

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7.1/10 265 votes

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Year
1982
Runtime
1h 48m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
265
Genre
History, Mystery, Comedy
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$0.4M

Cast

🎭 History 🎭 Mystery 🎭 Comedy 🎬 Peter Greenaway 👤 Anthony Higgins 👤 Janet Suzman 👤 Dave Hill
adultery drawing and painting witshire southhampton 17th century

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The Draughtsman's Contract has a runtime of 1h 48m (1 hour and 48 minutes).
The Draughtsman's Contract was directed by Peter Greenaway and released in 1982.
The Draughtsman's Contract is a History, Mystery, Comedy film (1982).
The cast of The Draughtsman's Contract includes Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Dave Hill, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser.
The Draughtsman's Contract has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 265 votes.

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