The prolific, ever-provocative Joseph Losey, blacklisted from Hollywood and living in England, delivered a coolly modernist shock to the system of that nation’s cinema with this mesmerizing dissection of class, sexuality, and power. A dissolute scion of the upper crust (James Fox) finds the seemingly perfect manservant (a diabolical Dirk Bogarde, during his transition from matinee idol to art-house icon) to oversee his new London town house. But not all is as it seems, as traditional social hierarchies are gradually, disturbingly destabilized. Lustrously disorienting cinematography and a masterful script by playwright Harold Pinter merge in The Servant, a tour de force of mounting psychosexual menace.

Criterion Extras

• The Actors - Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig & James Fox
• The Look of Losey
• Harold Pinter, Screenwiter
• Joseph Losey On The Servant
• Trailer

Studio Canal Extras

• Joseph Losey & Adolphus Mekas at the New York Film Festival
• Interview with Stephen Woolley
• John Coldstream on Dirk Bogarde
• Joseph Losey Talks About The Servant
• Audio Interview with Douglas Slocombe
• Harold Pinter Tempo Interview
• Harry Burton on Harold Pinter
• Locations
• Video Essay
• Stills Gallery
• EN/FR/DE subtitles