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Bedsitters

Bedsitters

197417m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1974

Runtime

17m

Storyline

Set on the landing and the stairs of Zwartjes’ new house, then still empty, in The Hague. The filmmaker suggests a mysterious and complex space by using a ‘floating’ camera to film a number of crawling, creeping personages. (MUBI)

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
17m
Jan 1, 1974
Languages
No Language
Director
Frans Zwartjes
Frans Zwartjes
Production
Frans Zwartjes
Frans Zwartjes
Production Countries
Netherlands

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