To Grab the Ring

Summary

Driven by his own restlessness and pursued by the henchmen of an underworld figure, American Alfred Lowell journeys through Europe and becomes entangled with women and gangsters in London, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. When, finally, he seems to have found peace of mind with a former Paris girlfriend and plans to build a happy future with her in Greece, he is trapped by his pursuers in the train to Athens. He despairs: will he ever be able to escape his past?

The film by Nikolai van der Heyde stars Ben Carruthers, star of John Cassavetes' Shadows.

Information

original title
To Grab the Ring
alternative title
Enkele reis voor Alfred
How to Grab the Ring
Why Run Fast If You Don't Move at All
production year
1968
censorship date
01-06-1968
first screening
14-03-1968
country
Netherlands
category
Fiction
applicant inspection
original distributor
producer
production company

Images

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Technical notations

runtime
98
original length
2722
censorship length
2722
sound
Sound
colour
Black and white
format
35mm

Resources

Centrale Commissie voor de Filmkeuring (Nationaal Archief K353)

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