Film

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982 · 1h 48m · History · Mystery · Comedy

A landscape of lust and cunning.

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

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.

Anthony Higgins

Mr. Neville

Janet Suzman

Virginia Herbert

Dave Hill

Herbert

Anne-Louise Lambert

Sarah Talmann

Hugh Fraser

Mr. Talmann

Neil Cunningham

Thomas Noyes

David Meyer

Poulenc Brother

Tony Meyer

Poulenc Brother

Nicholas Amer

Mr Parkes

Suzan Crowley

Mrs Pierpont

Lynda La Plante

Mrs Clement

Michael Feast

The Statue

David Gant

Seymour

Alastair Cumming

Philip

Steve Ubels

Hoyten

Ben Kirby

Augustus

• Peter GreenawayDirector · Screenplay
• David PayneProducer
• Curtis ClarkDirector of Photography
• Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
• John WilsonEditor
• Lucy BoultingCasting

2022 Re-Release TrailerThe Draughtsman's Contract - trailer

Release date

November 12, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Budget

$370,800

Revenue

$2,256,246

Genres

History, Mystery, Comedy

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