Skolimowski's Eastern Bloc-existentialist chops finally emerge in the last act, as the futility of looking for a diamond in the snow evolves into a sex-death underwater ballet.
Deep End
If you can't have the real thing— you do all kinds of unreal things.
1971 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski
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Deep End
Overview
London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.
Director and cast
- Jerzy Skolimowski Director
- Jane Asher as Susan
- John Moulder-Brown as Mike
- Karl Michael Vogler as Swimming instructor
- Christopher Sanford as Chris - fiance
- Christopher Sandford as Chris
- Diana Dors as Mike's 1. lady client
- Louise Martini as Beata 'Lovely Continental' - prostitute
- Erica Beer Cast
- Anita Lochner Cast
- Anne-Marie Kuster Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Along with music from Can and Cat Stevens, a bizarre, beautiful ending is the high point of this wonderfully mysterious film.
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