Stephen Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Synopsis
The servant describes carefully dismembering and hiding the body under the floorboards. Convinced he can still hear his victim’s beating heart, the murderer’s guilt drives him to confess to the killing.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 80 min
- Format
- to be confirmed
- Director
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Stephen Cookson
- Producer
- Stephen Cookson, Peter Keegan
- Executive Producer
- Gary Collins, Neil Hudson, Leighton Lloyd, Norman Merry
- Editor
- Rupert Hall
- Screenwriter
- Steven Berkoff (screenplay), Stephen Cookson (adaptation), Edgar Allan Poe (novel)
- Director of Photography
- Ismael Issa
- Production Designer
- Felix Coles
- Sound
- Brian Gilligan
- Music
- David Lord, Tim Wheater
- Principal cast
- Steven Berkoff, Henry Goodman, Hugh Skinner
Genre
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Production Status
Production Company
Sales Company
Parkland Pictures
Suite 7, 79 Wardour StreetLondon
W1D 6QB
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