Paranoia

Summary

The story of a young man traumatised by the Second World War, based on the novella by W.F. Hermans.

Student Arnold Clever is suffering from a progressive mental illness which eventually leads to suicide. His fantasies about the war and his fear and suspicion of what he feels to be a hostile world hasten the process of deterioration, despite the understanding and the devotion of his girlfriend Anna. Arnold Clever may at the same time be regarded as a highly sensitive young man who is unable to conform to a corrupt society and who finally goes under because he is incapable of reaching any sort of compromise with the destructive forces around him.

Information

original title
Paranoia
production year
1967
censorship date
01-04-1967
first screening
20-04-1967
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Fiction
keywords
applicant inspection
distributor
original distributor
production company

Images

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Technical notations

runtime
101
original length
2771
censorship length
2771
sound
Sound
colour
Black and white
format
35mm

Resources

Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief; J548)

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