Five Finger Exercise

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Five Finger Exercise is a 1962 British drama film adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play, focusing on the tensions within an upper-middle-class family when a young German tutor enters their household.

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Five Finger Exercise canonical 4
play "Five Finger Exercise" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British drama film
film
adaptationOf stage play "Five Finger Exercise"
basedOn play "Five Finger Exercise"
basedOnWorkBy Peter Shaffer
castMember Ann Todd
Brian Oulton
John Gabriel
Lisa Daniely
Lyndon Brook
Marne Maitland
Maximilian Schell
Richard Beymer
Roland Culver
Rosalie Crutchley
cinematographyBy Otto Heller
colorProcess black-and-white film
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dialogueLanguage English
director Daniel Mann
distributionFormat theatrical release
distributor Columbia Pictures
filmingTechnique live-action
genre drama film
mainCharacter Clare
Louise
Philip
Stanley
Walter
medium feature film
musicBy Mario Nascimbene
narrativeForm fiction
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A young German tutor enters an upper-middle-class English household, exposing and intensifying tensions within the family.
producer Fred Coe
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDate 1962-06-07
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 109
screenwriter Albert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
setInPeriod contemporary to early 1960s
setting England
targetAudience adult
theme class tensions
cultural differences
family conflict

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Daniel Mann directed Five Finger Exercise
Peter Shaffer notableWork Five Finger Exercise
Peter Shaffer wrotePlay Five Finger Exercise
Daniel Chugerman directed Five Finger Exercise
Five Finger Exercise basedOn play "Five Finger Exercise"
linked to: Five Finger Exercise