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The 39 Steps

Alfred Hitchcock / GB, 1935 / 85 min.

Stylish exercise in dry humour and suspense, in which Canadian Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) becomes embroiled in a British military espionage plot. Along with The Lady Vanishes (1938), The 39 Steps is seen as the epitome of Hitchcock’s English period.

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The 39 Steps introduces two of Hitchcock’s favourite motifs: the cool blonde vamp and the MacGuffin, a plot device that distracts our attention from the real action by prominently showing something insignificant. In this tense, loose adaptation of John Buchan’s novel of the same title, an innocent man gets caught up in a tangled trail of espionage and murder, that even leads to the Highlands of Scotland.

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Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Production year

1935

Country

GB

Original title

The 39 Steps

Length

85 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

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Format

35mm

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Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.

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