Principal cast
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennent and Johanna Hofer
Film 314 of 498 on the Screen Path
Possession
Inhuman ecstasy fulfilled.
About the film
Possession at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1981 film at stop 314 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Key craft credits
Bruno Nuytten (director of photography), Marie-Sophie Dubus (editor), Suzanne Lang-Willar (editor), Andrzej Korzyński (original music composer) and Andrzej Żuławski (screenplay)
- Director
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Release
- 1981-05-27
- Runtime
- 124 minutes
- Genres
- Horror
- Country
- France
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
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Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Isabelle AdjaniCharacter: Anna / Helen
- Sam NeillCharacter: Mark
- Margit CarstensenCharacter: Margit Gluckmeister
- Heinz BennentCharacter: Heinrich
- Johanna HoferCharacter: Heinrich's Mother
- Carl DueringCharacter: Private Detective
- Shaun LawtonCharacter: Zimmermann
- Michael HogbenCharacter: Bob
- Maximilian RüthleinCharacter: Man with Pink Socks
- Thomas FreyCharacter: Pink Sock's Acolyte
- Leslie MaltonCharacter: Sara
- Gerd NeubertCharacter: Subway Drunk
Full crew
Full crew
- Andrzej ŻuławskiCredits: Adaptation, Screenplay, Director
- Peter AltenederCredits: Props
- Knut WinklerCredits: Unit Manager
- Mario StockCredits: Props
- Ingrid ZoréCredits: Costume Design
- Ronaldo AbreuCredits: Makeup Artist
- Laurence AzouvyCredits: Assistant Makeup Artist
- Jean-José RicherCredits: Production Manager
- Carlo RambaldiCredits: Special Effects, Creature Design
- Dragomir StanojevićCredits: Stunts
- Willi NeunerCredits: Stunts
- Barbara KlothCredits: Assistant Art Director
- Jacques MaumontCredits: Sound Mixer
- Miomir Radević 'Pigi'Credits: Stunts
- Karl-Heinz LaabsCredits: Sound
- Charles-Henri AssolaCredits: Special Effects
- Daniel BraunschweigCredits: Special Effects
- Norman EngelCredits: Sound
- Frederic TutenCredits: Dialogue, Adaptation
- Eva-Maria SchöneckerCredits: Assistant Director
- Sabine PrenczinaCredits: Assistant Editor
- Harald MuchametowCredits: Unit Manager
- Andrzej J. JaroszewiczCredits: Camera Operator
- Marie-Sophie DubusCredits: Editor
- Holger GrossCredits: Art Direction
- Suzanne Lang-WillarCredits: Editor
- Bruno NuyttenCredits: Director of Photography
- Marie-Laure ReyreCredits: Producer
- Andrzej KorzyńskiCredits: Original Music Composer
- Klaus-Michael KuehnCredits: Production Manager
- Axel BehrCredits: Unit Manager
- Heinz-Jürgen SchmidtCredits: Unit Manager
- Wolfgang KallnischkiesCredits: Props
- Herbert WiczorekCredits: Stunts
- Dieter AhlichCredits: Grip, Electrician
- Manfred BogdahnCredits: Grip, Electrician
- Ulrich ClaussCredits: Still Photographer
- Dieter DentzerCredits: Grip, Electrician
- Peter KalischCredits: Assistant Camera
- Idislawe KielarCredits: Assistant Camera
- Pascal MartiCredits: Assistant Camera
- Hans-Joachim MichalekCredits: Grip, Electrician
- Ernst SimoneitCredits: Grip, Electrician
- Pat MillerCredits: Electrician
- Barbara LutzCredits: Dresser
- Helmut PreussCredits: Dresser
- Jutta OmuraCredits: Assistant Editor
- Christiane HelleCredits: Continuity
- Henry DutrannoyCredits: Accountant
- Jürgen HolzheiderCredits: Accountant
- Ernestine KahnCredits: Dialogue Coach
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