The Draughtsman's Contract Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway’s witty, stylised, erotic country house murder mystery catapulted him to the forefront of international art cinema. Adorned with intricate wordplay, extravagant costumes and opulent photography, Greenaway’s first narrative feature weaves a labyrinthine mystery around the maxim “draw what you see, not what you know.” An aristocratic wife (Janet Suzman) commissions a young, cocksure draughtsman (Anthony Higgins) to sketch her husband’s property while he is away—in exchange for a fee, room and board, and one sexual favor for each of the twelve drawings. As the draughtsman becomes more entrenched in the devious schemings in this seemingly idyllic country home, curious details emerge in his drawings that may reveal a murder.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Draughtsman's Contract.

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  Anthony Higgins

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  Janet Suzman

  Consecration

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  Anne Louise Lambert

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  Neil Cunningham

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  Hugh Fraser

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Peter Greenaway last directed Eisenstein In Guanajuato and Nightwatching. The film's writer Peter Greenaway last wrote Eisenstein In Guanajuato and 4 Storms and 2 Babies.

Director

Peter Greenaway

Screenwriter

Peter Greenaway

Production Details

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• Newly remastered in 4K by the BFI National Archive.

Production Updates for The Draughtsman's Contract

Dec 2022

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