Michael Powell

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

Having brought British cinema into exalted realms of fantasy and imagination, Michael Powell took a dark detour into obsession, voyeurism, and violence with this groundbreaking metacinematic investigation into the mechanics of fear. Armed with his killer camera, photographer and filmmaker Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) unleashes the traumas of his childhood by murdering women and recording their deaths—until he falls for his downstairs neighbor, and finds himself struggling against his dark compulsions. Received with revulsion upon its release only to be reclaimed as a masterpiece, the endlessly analyzed, still-shocking Peeping Tom dares viewers to confront their own relationship to the violence on-screen.

Film Info

  • United Kingdom
  • 1960
  • 101 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • English
  • Spine #58

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholar Laura Mulvey and one featuring film historian Ian Christie
  • Introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese
  • Interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Documentary about the film’s history, featuring interviews with Schoonmaker, Scorsese, and actor Carl Boehm
  • Documentary about screenwriter Leo Marks
  • Program on the film’s restoration
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Megan Abbott

    New cover by Eric Skillman

Purchase Options

Coming soon, available May 14, 2024

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • Two audio commentaries, one featuring film scholar Laura Mulvey and one featuring film historian Ian Christie
  • Introduction by filmmaker Martin Scorsese
  • Interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Documentary about the film’s history, featuring interviews with Schoonmaker, Scorsese, and actor Carl Boehm
  • Documentary about screenwriter Leo Marks
  • Program on the film’s restoration
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by author Megan Abbott

    New cover by Eric Skillman
Peeping Tom
Cast
Carl Boehm
Mark Lewis
Moira Shearer
Vivian
Anna Massey
Helen Stephens
Maxine Audley
Mrs. Stephens
Brenda Bruce
Dora
Miles Malleson
Elderly gentleman
Esmond Knight
Arthur Badden
Martin Miller
Dr. Rosen
Bartlett Mullins
Mr. Peters
Jack Watson
Inspector Gregg
Pamela Green
Milly
Nigel Davenport
Sergeant Miller
Michael Powell
Prof. A.N. Lewis
Credits
Director
Michael Powell
Producer
Michael Powell
Cinematography
Otto Heller
Screenplay
Leo Marks
Editing
Noreen Ackland
Art director
Arthur Lawson
Music
Brian Easdale

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