The Maids

E1022292

British film drama film film

The Maids is a 1975 British drama film adaptation of Jean Genet’s play, directed by Christopher Miles and starring Glenda Jackson and Susannah York as two maids who enact increasingly dangerous role-playing rituals against their employer.

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Label	Occurrences
The Maids canonical	3
The Maids (1975 film)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
adaptationOf	The Maids (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationType	stage-to-film adaptation ⓘ
basedOn	The Maids (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor	Jean Genet NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess	color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Christopher Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Columbia Pictures ⓘ Columbia-Warner Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	John Trumper NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
genre	drama ⓘ
hasCastRole	Glenda Jackson as Solange ⓘ Mark Burns as Monsieur ⓘ Susannah York as Claire ⓘ Vivien Merchant as Madame NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject	class conflict ⓘ identity ⓘ role-playing ⓘ sadomasochism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
medium	feature film ⓘ
musicBy	Laurie Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	power dynamics between servants and employer ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfFilmographyOf	Glenda Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Susannah York NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary	Two maids engage in elaborate and increasingly dangerous role-playing rituals against their employer. ⓘ
producer	Christopher Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Cannon Films NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1975-09-18 ⓘ
releaseRegion	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear	1975 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	95 ⓘ
screenplayBasedOn	The Maids (play) by Jean Genet NERFINISHED ⓘ
screenwriter	Christopher Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Genet NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Paris ⓘ
soundMix	mono ⓘ
starring	Glenda Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ Susannah York NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivien Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	The Maids NERFINISHED ⓘ
workBasedOn	The Maids (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vivien Merchant → notableWork → The Maids ⓘ

Jean Genet → notableWork → The Maids ⓘ

Jean Genet → hasWorkAdaptedToFilm → The Maids ⓘ

Susannah York → notableWork → The Maids ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Maids (1975 film)