UK, 1988
119m
35mm film, Eastman Colour, 1.85:1
Dolby Stereo, English
A British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler.
Plot Summary
An English antique dealer on business in Copenhagen falls in love with his new secretary and finds that she has a terrible secret…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Gordon Hessler
© Panorama Film International, Inc. MCMLXXXVIII [1988]
Just Betzer presents a Panorama Film International production. A Gordon Hessler film
Produced byL Just Betzer
Co-producer: Benni Korzen
Associate Producer: Pernille Siesbye
Writtten by: Gordon Hessler
Based on the Novel by: Richard Adams
Director of Photography: Claus Loof
Editor: Robert Gordon
Music Composed and Conducted by Carl Davis
Sound by: Preben Mortensen
Costume Design: Betina Bwtzer, Permille Siesbye
Chief Make-up: Kezla de Winne
Special Optical Sequences: Roy Field
Art Director: Rob Schilling
Casting by: Marilyn Johson – London, Simone Reynolds – London, Myers-Tesschner – New York
Filmed on Location [in]: England, Denmark, Florida
Cast
Meg Tilly
Rupert Frazer
Nicholas Le Prevost
Elspet Gray
Lynsey Baxter
Jean Boht
Lorna Heilbron
Hanne Borchsenius (Jytte Borgen)
Ljuba Castot (child in water)
Helen Cherry (Lady Alice)
Mogens Dalsgaard (concert pianist)
Duke [real name: William ‘Duke’ Meeks] (Mr Steinberg)
Su Elliot (nurse)
June Ellis (lady at auction)
Patrick Godfrey (coroner)
Ebbe Langberg (Per Simonsen)
Preston Lockwood (man at Sothebys)
Leonard McGuire [real name: Leonard Maguire] (Dr Frazer)
Michael Melia (policeman 1)
Trine Michelsen (receptionist)
Alternative Titles
Dziewczyna na huśtawce – Poland
Flickan i gungan – Sweden
Das Geheimnis der Schaukel – West Germany (video)
To koritsi stin kounia – Greece
Das Mädchen auf der Schaukel – Germany
Uma Paixão sem Passado – Brazil
Pigen i gyngen – Denmark
Piken i husken – Norway
La ragazza sull’altalena – Italy
A Rapariga do Baloiço – Portugal
Salıncaktaki Kız – Turkey
Tyttö keinussa – Finland
Девушка на качелях – Soviet Union
白い記憶の女 – Japan
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique vol.20 no.5 (May 1990) p.44 – illustrated review (by Bill Kelley)
- Cinefantastique vol.21 no.6 (June 1991) pp.54; 54-55 – illustrated credits, review (A ghost story that’s wonderfully spine tingling by Steve Biodrowski); illustrated article (Richard Adams’ the Girl in a Swing: the director’s cut by Steve Biodrowski)
- Variety 28 December 1988 p.13
