Possession (1981)
Possession (1981)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Isabelle Adjani
Anna / Helen
Sam Neill
Mark
Margit Carstensen
Margit Gluckmeister
Heinz Bennent
Heinrich
Johanna Hofer
Heinrich's Mother
Carl Duering
Private Detective
Shaun Lawton
Zimmermann
Michael Hogben
Bob
Maximilian Rüthlein
Man with Pink Socks
Leslie Malton
Sara
Thomas Frey
Pink Sock's Acolyte
Harry Riebauer
Man at the Conference
Dragomir Stanojević
Taxi Driver / Stunts
Andrzej Żuławski
Adaptation / Director / Screenplay
Frederic Tuten
Adaptation / Dialogue
Bruno Nuytten
Director of Photography
Marie-Laure Reyre
Producer
Marie-Sophie Dubus
Editor
Andrzej Korzyński
Original Music Composer
Suzanne Lang-Willar
Editor
Holger Gross
Art Direction
Ingrid Zoré
Costume Design
Ronaldo Abreu
Makeup Artist
Laurence Azouvy
Assistant Makeup Artist
Jean-José Richer
Production Manager
Knut Winkler
Unit Manager
Peter Alteneder
Props
Barbara Kloth
Assistant Art Director
Mario Stock
Props
Karl-Heinz Laabs
Sound
Jacques Maumont
Sound Mixer
Charles-Henri Assola
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 27, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Box Office$1,200,000
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
Wiki.
Possession is a 1981 psychological horror drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and written by Żuławski and Frederic Tuten. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy (Sam Neill) and his wife (Isabelle Adjani), who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking for a divorce.
Possession, an international co-production between France and West Germany, was filmed in West Berlin in 1980. Żuławski's only English-language film, it premiered at the 34th Cannes Film Festival, where Adjani won the Best Actress award for her performance. The screenplay was written during the painful divorce of Żuławski from actress Malgorzata Braunek. While not commercially successful either in Europe or in the United States, with the latter only receiving a heavily edited cut on its initial release, the film eventually acquired cult status and has been more positively appraised in later years.