- The Jewel of Death
Infobox Film
name = The Jewel of Death
director =Laurence Lamers
producer =Laurence Lamers
writer =Laurence Lamers and Kimbel Bouwman
starring =Delia Maier Frank Vincent Ogilvie Albert Blitz Mathias de Koning Arnold Korporaal
music =Bernard Herrmann
cinematography =Jonathan Weyland en Joost Meeuwig
editing =Wim Louwrier
sales agent =Waterwood Films
premiere = April, 1992
runtime = 16 min.
country =The Netherlands
language = English
budget = $15,000
imdb_id = 0422530"The Jewel of Death" is a 1992 Netherlands English language short fiction film filmed by Laurence Lamers, in 1992.
Synopsis
Filmed in a typical forties style, it tells a story of a cursed jewel, which has been stolen; and eventually everyone who tries to possess it gets killed
Production
The film was a student production of the director Laurence Lamers
The music used in the film came from Bernard Herrmann; it was the music used in North by Northwest and some other known films made in the forties/fifties.
The production is estimated on 30.000 guilders, which was at the time the most expensive filmproduction for students in the Netherlands
Premiere
The film had its world premiere on April 1992 in the former Odeon Theatre in
Amsterdam , The Netherlands.Cast
*
Delia Maier
*Frank Vincent Ogilvie
*Albert Blitz
*Matthias de Koning
*Arnold Korporaal Crew
*Director: Laurence Lamers
*Screenwriters: Laurence Lamers and Kimbel Bouwman
*D.O.P: Jonathan Weyland and Joost Meeuwig
*Editor: Wim Louwrier
*Composer: Bernard HerrmannFestivals
The film was shown at:
*The Dutch Festival (The Netherlands)External links
*imdb title|0422530
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