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Deep End

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  • 1h 28m
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Deep End (1970)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.15-year-old dropout Mike takes a job at Newford Baths, where inappropriate sexual behaviour abounds, and becomes obsessed with his coworker Susan.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Writers
    • Jerzy Skolimowski
    • Jerzy Gruza
    • Boleslaw Sulik
  • Stars
    • Jane Asher
    • John Moulder-Brown
    • Karl Michael Vogler
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Writers
    • Jerzy Skolimowski
    • Jerzy Gruza
    • Boleslaw Sulik
  • Stars
    • Jane Asher
    • John Moulder-Brown
    • Karl Michael Vogler
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    • 47User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 nomination total

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    Jane Asher in Deep End (1970)
    Jane Asher in Deep End (1970)
    Louise Martini in Deep End (1970)
    Louise Martini in Deep End (1970)
    Anne-Marie Kuster in Deep End (1970)
    Anita Lochner in Deep End (1970)
    Christopher Sandford in Deep End (1970)
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    Jane Asher
    Jane Asher
    • Susanas Susan
    John Moulder-Brown
    John Moulder-Brown
    • Michael 'Mike'as Michael 'Mike'
    Karl Michael Vogler
    Karl Michael Vogler
    • Teacheras Teacher
    Christopher Sandford
    Christopher Sandford
    • Chrisas Chris
    Diana Dors
    Diana Dors
    • Mike's 1st Lady Clientas Mike's 1st Lady Client
    Louise Martini
    Louise Martini
    • Beataas Beata
    Erica Beer
    Erica Beer
    • Baths Cashieras Baths Cashier
    Anita Lochner
    • Kathyas Kathy
    Anne-Marie Kuster
    • Nightclub Receptionistas Nightclub Receptionist
    • (as Annemarie Kuster)
    Cheryl Hall
    Cheryl Hall
    • Red Hat Girlas Red Hat Girl
    Christine Paul
    Christine Paul
    • White Coat Girlas White Coat Girl
    • (as Christina Paul)
    Dieter Eppler
    Dieter Eppler
    • Stokeras Stoker
    Karl Ludwig Lindt
    • Baths Manageras Baths Manager
    Eduard Linkers
    Eduard Linkers
    • Cinema Owneras Cinema Owner
    Will Danin
    Will Danin
    • Younger Policemanas Younger Policeman
    Gerald Rowland
    • Mike's Friendas Mike's Friend
    Burt Kwouk
    Burt Kwouk
    • Hot Dog Salesmanas Hot Dog Salesman
    • (as Bert Kwouk)
    Sean Barry-Weske
    • Ruffianas Ruffian
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jerzy Skolimowski
    • Writers
      • Jerzy Skolimowski
      • Jerzy Gruza
      • Boleslaw Sulik
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    Storyline

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    15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results. —alfiehitchie
    • male nudity
    • coming of age
    • bath house
    • public nudity
    • fiance fiancee relationship
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    • Taglines
      • If you can't have the real thing-- you do all kinds of unreal things.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • R
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    • Trivia
      David Lynch once claimed, "There's never been a color movie I've freaked out over except one, this thing called Deep End."
    • Quotes

      Michael 'Mike': I love her.

      Cinema Owner: You perverted little monster.

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood U.K.: Strangers in the City (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      But I Might Die Tonight
      (uncredited)

      Music by Cat Stevens

      Sung by Cat Stevens

    User reviews47

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    Top review
    9/10
    The Price of Infatuated Love...
    Deep End is so true to Life - for any teenage boy who becomes infatuated with an older (but young and sensual) woman who he then sees romantically with a chauvinistic and nasty man - he wants to 'save' her.

    But where any of us ordinary young men would have long stopped their pursuance of justice, young Mike here takes things to the very end, fulfilling the dreams of us mere mortals. You know all along that he'll never get the girl, that's never in any doubt, but the madness as is pushes him further into trouble.

    That Mike's (John Moulder-Brown) 15 and just out of school and his first boss is the gorgeous and sexually aware Jane Asher and his job entails attending to allsorts at some public baths, including some randy older women, no wonder his hormones are all over the place.

    It all starts out as light-hearted nonsense (the incorrigible Diana Dors scene a real hoot) but gradually gets darker, to a jet black and tragic end. The ending is one of the most profound and well mounted that I've witnessed and every frame of it perfectly staged.

    In between, we have the fumblings of a sexually naive lad, he who gets his first pay packet and it goes to his head, finding that the bright lights of a (pretend, film was shot in Munich) Soho turn his few pounds to mere pennies as he goes from club to club. But, all he's actually doing is stalking the girl that he works with, as he sees how her 'other', more glamorous life, away from the bleach and rubber gloves at the baths, is both lived - and funded.

    True, John Moulder-Brown's acting lacks depth, or finesse, but imagine a 15 year old actually in those scenarios. He'd be even more blunt and less eloquent that Mike is in this.

    As others have said, this is a true little gem of a film. How so much was actually said about human emotion in such a relatively short film is extraordinary. There were a few really good movies around at that time that covered similar-ish ground (Michael Powell's "Peeping Tom", for example) that weren't appreciated fully then, but seen perhaps as novelty voyeuristic films, only for the 'specialist' viewer. And, of course, thanks to the BFI for restoring it to a crystal-clear and beautiful print.
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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1971 (Denmark)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chỗ Sâu
    • Filming locations
      • The Englischer Garten, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Maran Film
      • Kettledrum Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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