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De lift

Dick Maas / NL, 1983 / 95 min.

Dick Maas only needed thirty days to shoot the greatest Dutch horror box office hit ever. The Lift hinges on the power of the imagination: is service technician Felix Adelaar (Huub Stapel) paranoid or is the lift in the brand new office building really in a killing mood? People fall to their death in the shaft, a night watchman is found decapitated…

poster De lift (Dick Maas, NL 1983)

Best Director Award, Netherlands Film Festival, Grand Prix, Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.

A combination ticket at a reduced rate is available for Dutch live talkshow Cinema Stadsleven on October 24 and De Lift on October 31 can be purchased here (please note: Cinema Stadsleven is in Dutch without subtitles).

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Director

Dick Maas

Production year

1983

Country

NL

Original title

De lift

Length

95 min.

Format

DCP

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