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Our Mother's House

  • 1967
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  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.4K
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Our Mother's House (1967)
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British children hide Mother's death. Then, Father returns.British children hide Mother's death. Then, Father returns.British children hide Mother's death. Then, Father returns.

  • Director
    • Jack Clayton
  • Writers
    • Jeremy Brooks
    • Haya Harareet
    • Julian Gloag
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Margaret Leclere
    • Pamela Franklin
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  • IMDb RATING
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    2.4K
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    • Director
      • Jack Clayton
    • Writers
      • Jeremy Brooks
      • Haya Harareet
      • Julian Gloag
    • Stars
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • Margaret Leclere
      • Pamela Franklin
    • 43User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Charlie Hook
    Margaret Leclere
    Margaret Leclere
    • Elsa
    • (as Margaret Brooks)
    Pamela Franklin
    Pamela Franklin
    • Diana
    Louis Sheldon
    • Hubert
    • (as Louis Sheldon Williams)
    John Gugolka
    • Dunstan
    Mark Lester
    Mark Lester
    • Jiminee
    Phoebe Nicholls
    Phoebe Nicholls
    • Gerty
    • (as Sarah Nicholls)
    Gustav Henry
    • Willy
    Parnum Wallace
    • Louis
    Yootha Joyce
    Yootha Joyce
    • Mrs Quayle
    Clare Davidson
    • Miss Bailey
    • (as Claire Davidson)
    Anthony Nicholls
    Anthony Nicholls
    • Mr Halbert
    Annette Carell
    Annette Carell
    • Mother
    Gerald Sim
    Gerald Sim
    • Bank Clerk
    Edina Ronay
    Edina Ronay
    • Doreen
    Diana Ashley
    • Girl Friend
    Garfield Morgan
    Garfield Morgan
    • Mr Moley
    Faith Kent
    • Woman Client
    • Director
      • Jack Clayton
    • Writers
      • Jeremy Brooks
      • Haya Harareet
      • Julian Gloag
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    thomandybish

    mesmerizing tale of lost innocence

    OUR MOTHER'S HOUSE is one weird psychological ride. Here we have a family living in a gloomy Victorian house with a reclusive, Bible-thumping invalid mother--surely fertile ground for insanity or incest or both. However, what we have is a painful portrait of adolescence in the older children and the horrors of navigating through an adult world. Left to their own devices after the mother's untimely death, the children do their best to survive, being molded by the mother's unstable religious ramblings. However, things take a turn for the worst when the absentee father arrives, shattering some illusions crucial to the little family's identity. . .

    I've never seen anything like this film(the recent film THE CEMENT GARDEN comes to mind, but that film takes an entirely different direction with an incest theme), one in which children literally elevate their mother to the status of religious icon. This situation is simultaneously chilling and pathetic. This one is for people who enjoy character-driven psychological dramas.
    8hjparr1

    Our mothers house

    I can recall this film being made. I was 10 at the time and lived near by. My mum took me to watch the filming. Dirk Bogart was a very big star at the time and a small crowd of young mums would stand outside hopping to catch a glimpse. It was this movie that introduced me to the cinema.

    The actual house that was used for the outside shots was in Chichester Road. Opposite the junction with Chepstow Rise. I believe that the sign of Chepstow Rise appears in the film. The house has long since been pulled down and replaced by flats, part of the Park Hill Estate built by Wates. Towards the end of the film a scene is shot in West Croydon. Still a great Film and worth a watch. The film is very sad in places and shows loyalty from the kids, Similar in some ways to Lord of the Flys. Dirk Bogart plays his part brilliantly as he did in all of his pictures.
    8stiv-7

    Creepy little piece of work.

    I saw this about 14 years ago in a stroke of luck ( a local TV station had picked up a print, and my mother, suspense thriller buff that she is, decided to tape it), and the film has stuck with me ever since. It's not your typical horror film, and has more of a tragic element which was so very common to films of the genre in this particular era. The dark and dirty imagery only serves to enhance the premise, and the shrine the Hook children build to their mother is downright creepy. The children do a very decent job of portraying children ( something that is increasingly rare these days) and Dirk Bogarde does a fantastic job of portraying their scumbag father. And to boot, we've got a heavy incest theme going on. If you can get a hold of this one, go for it: it's very much of its time, but the opportunity is well worth any trouble.
    7info-6947

    Terrific, atmospheric film

    I was actually an extra in this film, as the school scenes were filmed at my junior school, St Leonards Church of England School in Chelsham, Surrey. I remember having to wear my best school uniform and do as I was told. I was 8 years old, I suppose, and it was all very exciting with the lights and the trailers and all the people buzzing around. I don't remember whether we were allowed to meet the stars; I somehow doubt it!

    This is a great film, very atmospheric, very spooky, and totally believable - kids in the 1960s were obviously very resourceful (and full of very odd ideas). Needless to say, I wasn't allowed to watch the film until I was much older than when I was in it.
    8blanche-2

    Another excellent film by Jack Clayton

    Seven children continue in "Our Mother's House" after she dies in this 1967 film starring Dirk Bogarde, Pamela Franklin, and Mark Lester, and directed by Jack Clayton. A very ill, religious woman, the mother of seven, dies suddenly at home. Her children, afraid of being separated, bury her in the garden and continue to live as if nothing had happened, forging her monthly annuity check. One day, their long-absent father (Bogarde) reappears.

    Based on a novel by Julian Gloag, Haya Harareet (Heston's Ben Hur co-star) and Jeremy Brooks fashioned an excellent screenplay, beautifully directed by Jack Clayton, a true master (The Innocents, The Pumpkin Eater). With a dark, spooky atmosphere inside a big old house, he creates the world in which the children live, one where they care for one another, pray, and communicate nightly with their mother. When Charlie Hook, their father arrives, that all changes, and the world comes rushing in. At first, Charlie is what is needed - his presence means they're safe from the outside world, but gradually, even his supporters among the children begin to see that he's a danger.

    Clayton manages to bring in an incestuous undertone without overtly showing any incest - in the days when directors needed to adhere to certain codes, they called upon their imaginations. It made film more subtle and definitely more interesting to watch.

    The acting is superb. Bogarde is in top form as the at first lovable Charlie, who, as he does in "The Servant," gradually becomes more sinister. Pamela Franklin is marvelous as Diana, one of the older children; all of the children are excellent - Clayton was no stranger to directing children, and his deft hand is shown here.

    Perhaps not a well-known film in the U.S., "Our Mother's House" will make a lasting impression.

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    • Trivia
      Three of the seven juvenile actors and actresses who play the Hook children, Margaret Leclere (Elsa), Pamela Franklin (Diana), and Phoebe Nicholls (Gerty), went on to further success and developed enduring movie and television careers as adults. Mark Lester also had later successes, most famously in the title role in Oliver! (1968). He gave up acting in the early 1980s and became an osteopath.
    • Goofs
      In the subsequent shots after the mother dies at the beginning, the position of her head changes three times and her mouth changes from closed to partially open.
    • Quotes

      Charlie Hook: When your mother died, I mean, what happened about the funeral?

      Hubert: There wasn't one. We buried her in the garden.

    • Connections
      Featured in Lionpower from MGM (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Our Mother's House (Main Title)
      Written and Performed by Georges Delerue Et Son Orchestre

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    • Release date
      • October 13, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jede Nacht um Neun
    • Filming locations
      • Chichester Road, Croydon, London, England, UK(The house)
    • Production companies
      • Filmways
      • Heron Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 44m(104 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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