Der Fänger (1965)
68KDer Fänger: Directed by William Wyler. With Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore. A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
“After winning a large amount in the pool in Reading, the outcast bank clerk and entomologist Freddie Clegg (Terence Stamp) buys an isolated house in the countryside. He stalks the art student Miranda Grey (Samantha Eggar) in London and uses chloroform to kidnap and bring her in his van to his house. The sociopath Freddie locks Miranda in the cellar and she discovers that he has had an unrequited crush on her since they were teenagers. Freddie promises to respect Miranda with his platonic love and to release her in a month on June, 11th. He shows also his collection of butterflies carefully kept in a room. However, Miranda feels that she is another collectible species only for the deranged man that feels power and control with the situation and he has no intention to let her go. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Collectoru0026quot; is another masterpiece of William Wyler that has been copycatted along the years by filmmakers that presently add violence, torture and gore to the plot. The performances of Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar are top-notch in this theatrical film and they succeed to carry alone the whole story. I can not precisely tell how many times I have watched this film, but the last time I had seen it was on 07 October 2000. Surprisingly u0026quot;The Collectoru0026quot; has only been released in Brazil in a rare VHS, a pride and joy of my collection. My vote is ten.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;O Colecionadoru0026quot; (u0026quot;The Collectoru0026quot;)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNote: On 03 May 2013, I saw this movie again, now on an imported Blu- Ray.”
