De lift (1983)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Dick Maas

Writer:

Dick Maas (writer)

Release Date:

4 July 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Take the stairs, take the stairs. For God's sake, take the Stairs!!!

Plot:

A lift begins displaying some erratic behavior, like trapping some party goers and nearly suffocating them...

Plot Keywords:

Breasts | Lunch | Elevator | Breast Suckling | Journalist

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Huub Stapel	...	Felix Adelaar
Willeke van Ammelrooy	...	Mieke de Beer
Josine van Dalsum	...	Saskia Adelaar
Liz Snoyink	...	Vrouw in Lift
Wiske Sterringa	...	Vrouw in Lift
Huib Broos	...	Man in Lift
Pieter Lutz	...	Man in Lift
Johan Hobo	...	Ober
Dick Scheffer	...	Gérant
Matthias Maat	...	Ober
Ger van Groningen	...	Ober
Jan Anne Drenth	...	Nachtportier
Emma Onrust	...	Dochertje
Sydney Kuyer	...	Zoontje
Cor Witschge	...	Dagportier

Also Known As:

The Lift (Philippines: English title)
Goin' Up

Runtime:

Argentina:99 min | Sweden:99 min | USA:95 min | Netherlands:95 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (1984) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

Company:

First Floor Features

Trivia:

Dick Maas composed the entire score on two borrowed synthesizers: a Jupiter 8 and a Juno 60. Recording only took one day. According to Maas, producer Matthijs van Heijningen originally wanted to hire 'some other band' to score the film, but finally conceded when Maas proved to be more cost effective.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the guard's head is "beheaded" by the elevator, it is clearly visible that the head is a dummy.

Quotes:

Head Waiter: These damn machines will be the death of us all some day!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Die lila Weihnachtsgeschichte (1991) (TV)

Excellent movie! If you're Dutch.

Keep in mind that this low budget film was made for a dutch audience, and was only released internationally because of it's tremendous success in the Netherlands.

The english voices are horrible! I was able to see this version when I visited the US and found it in a small-town video store. The english voices pretty much ruined the movie.

This is no reason to give the movie a low rating however, since the movie in it's original form was an amazing breakthrough in Dutch film making. This movie's rating would be much higher if it was only rated by it's intended, dutch audience.