Rent Malpertuis (1971)
3.4 of 5 from 49 ratings
2h 5min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Jan (Mathieu Carriere), a sailor home on leave is knocked out during a rowdy bar fight. He wakes up in malpertuis, a gothic mansion presided over by his dying uncle, Cassavius (Orson Welles). With a vast fortune up for grabs, Cassavius sets a deadly condition for inheritance.
- Actors:
- Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Charles Janssens, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Walter Rilla, Dora Van Der Groen, Daniel Pilon, Sylvie Vartan, Jenny Van Santvoort, Jet Naessens, Cara Van Wersch, Fanny Winkler, Robert Lussac, Edouard Ravais, Gella Allaert, Cyriel Van Gent, Hugo Dellas, Mieke Felix
- Directors:
- Harry Kümel
- Producers:
- Paul Laffargue, Pierre Levie
- Writers:
- Jean Ferry, Jean Ray
- Aka:
- Malpertuis: The Legend of Doom House
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/10/2025
- Run Time:
- 125 minutes
- Languages:
- Dutch LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Kumel and Assistant Director Franqoise Levie
- New Interview with Harry Kumel
- New Interview with Jonathan Rigby
- Malpertuis Archive - Documentary on the Making of the Film
- Archival Featurettes On Orson Welles and Susan Hampshire
- Archival Interviews with Michel Bouquet, Harry Kumel and Jean Ray
- Malpertuis Revisited - Harry Kumel on the Film's Locations
- Malpertuis: The Cannes Cut - Viewable In English or French
- Short Film 'The Warden of the Tomb'
- Trailer
