Chichester Cinema at New Park
Caught on a Train
Caught on a Train was quickly acclaimed as a masterpiece of the form and was honoured in many International and UK festivals in particular by BAFTA who made it Best Single Drama over fierce competition from Dennis Potter and others.
As a young man (Michael Kitchen) travels through Germany on a crowded night train he encounters a demanding elderly Viennese lady (Peggy Ashcroft) in the same carriage and during the long and traumatic journey she has a profound and unsettling influence on him. For a television drama the piece displays a particularly filmic sensibility.
The influence of Hitchcock is evident throughout, from the gradual accumulation of mysterious and often insignificant details to the claustrophobic atmosphere on the train. The writer Stephen Poliakoff plays on the anxieties and sense of insecurity that rail travellers experience as they find themselves adrift, Caught indeed, on a train.
UK · 1980 · Peter Duffell · 80min
| Wed | 03 Dec | 17:30 | Book | (The Studio) |
| Thu | 04 Dec | 14:00 | Book | (The Studio) |
