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The Apartment

Billy Wilder / US, 1960 / 125 min.

A sharp comedy about the mores of the American business community in the fifties, and a romantic story about two lonely people who connect. The Apartment was nominated for ten Oscars in 1960 and won five.

poster The Apartment (Billy Wilder, US 1960)

Eye will be screening a new, digital 4K restoration made from the original camera negative, which premiered in the Cannes Classics section in May.

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Director

Billy Wilder

Production year

1960

Country

US

Original title

The Apartment

Length

125 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP, 35mm

Part of

Sweet & Sour: The Films of Billy Wilder

The legendary screenwriter and Hollywood director Billy Wilder was a brilliant word artist. His Oscar-winning classics are brimming with irresistible and cynical humour: incredibly funny, bold and incisive.

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