#357: REED, Carol: The Fallen Idol (1948)
REED, Carol (United Kingdom)
Other Reed films in the Collection:
#523: Night Train to Munich (1940)
#754: Odd Man Out (1947)
#64: The Third Man (1949)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring essays by Geoffrey O’Brien, David Lodge, and Nicholas Wapshott.
Commentary
None.
A Sense of Carol Reed
The Fallen Idol [1948]
Spine #357
DVD
OOP
DVD
OOP
The Fallen Idol was the first of three masterpieces to result from the legendary meeting of director Carol Reed and writer Graham Greene, who together would also create The Third Man and Our Man in Havana. Elegantly balancing suspense and farce, this tale of the fraught relationship between a boy and the beloved butler he suspects of murder is a delightfully macabre thriller of the first order and a visually and verbally dazzling knockout.
95 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006
Director/Writers
Carol Reed was 42 when he directed The Fallen Idol.
Screenplay by Graham Greene.
Screenplay by Graham Greene.
Other Reed films in the Collection:
#523: Night Train to Munich (1940)
#754: Odd Man Out (1947)
#64: The Third Man (1949)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring essays by Geoffrey O’Brien, David Lodge, and Nicholas Wapshott.
Commentary
None.
A Sense of Carol Reed
A 2006 documentary featuring interviews with director Reed’s collaborators and friends.
Illustrated Reed filmography
Original press book
Illustrated Reed filmography
Original press book
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