The Fallen Idol (Region B) w/SLIP

Based on a short story by Graham Greene,The Basement Room,The Fallen Idoltells the story of Phillipe (Robert Henrey), the young son of a diplomat who often finds himself alone in the big embassy. To entertain the boy, the household butler, Baines

(Ralph Richardson,Doctor Zhivago, Our Man in Havana), invents wildly adventurous stories about his past. The child idolises him, but when Baines wife (Sonia Dresdel,While I live, The Trials of OscarWilde) falls to her death in suspicious circumstances, a bewildered Phillipe panics and embroils himself in the investigation, with potentially disastrous consequences for his hero.

The Fallen Idol, upon its release, won both the BAFTA for Best British Film and The International Award for Best Screenplay at The Venice Film Festival and is still cited

as being one of the most enthralling and realistic films to be told from a childs point of view.

CAST

Robert Henrey, Ralph Richardson, Sonia Dresdel

EXTRAS

• NewGuy Hamilton remembers The Fallen Idol
• NewKevin Brownlow interviews Robert Henrey
• NewLocations Featurette with Richard Dacre
• NewInterview with Film Historian Charles Drazin
• NewInterview with The Fallen Idol Fan: Director Richard Ayoade
• Restoration Comparison
• English SDH