Project Detail

Peeping Tom

Synopsis

Mark, a young porn photographer and obsessive amateur filmmaker, prowls Fitzrovia with his 16mm camera in search of women to film.
Now restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive in association with StudioCanal. "63 years on, Powell's dark masterpiece remains audacious, provocative and one of the greatest and most unsettling films about filmmaking ever made." (LFF Brochure)
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Restoration World premiere

Details

Year: 1960
Type of project: Features
Running time: 103 min
Director: Michael Powell
Editor: Noreen Ackland
Screenwriter: Leo Marks
Director of Photography: Otto Heller
Composer: Brian Easdale
Principal cast: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. Funding provided by The Film Foundation and STUDIOCANAL. With special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker for their consultation

Sales Company

STUDIOCANAL

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