An Inspector Calls 4K 1954 Ultra HD 2160p

1912. The family of Arthur Birling, a wealthy but not noble businessman, gathers to celebrate the betrothal of Birling's daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft, the son of another industrialist (not only very wealthy but also noble). In addition to the persons mentioned, the small celebration is attended by Mrs. Sybil Beyling, Arthur's wife (an arrogant, nasty and stupid person) and Eric, Arthur and Sybil's son (a drunkard and a party animal). Suddenly the family idyll is disturbed by the arrival of a police inspector. He informs them that a young woman has died in the hospital after taking a lethal dose of concentrated disinfectant. And that a letter and a diary have been found in her room. After examining the information in the diary, the police felt it necessary to ask a few questions of the Birling family. And then, step by step, the inspector reconstructs the picture of the dead girl's life, which, as it turns out, in one way or another was connected to all the Burlings - and each of them pushed her closer to death.

User Review
A fairly rare thing; a film version of a play which really works- partly because of the quality of the original play, and partly by using flash-backs as a natural way of introducing more locations. These new scenes are well-written enough to fit seamlessly with Priestley's lines; and Eva Smith is beautifully acted. What makes this movie, though, is the magnificent performance by Alistair Sim in the title role. A great piece of casting- it would have been so easy to have cast some brooding, fierce actor like Basil Rathbone in the part, but Sim's gentle, avuncular, and sad performance is far more compelling, and finally, far more sinister. The only bad thing about the film is the classic fifties close-up and Da Da DAAA! music whenever someone looks at the photograph. I think we got the point already...

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (84.9 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1

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#English: FLAC 2.0
#English: FLAC 2.0 (Commentary film historian by David Del Valle)

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English SDH.