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The Lift(Movie, 1983)

Original title: "De Lift" (Dutch/NL)

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| 1h 35min | Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy

Rating: 2.9/5 (with 67 votes)

The Lift (Dutch: De Lift) is a 1983 Dutch science fiction horror film written and directed by Dick Maas. The plot concerns an elevator that mysteriously begins to function intelligently on its own, where victims who go near the elevator or use it are killed. An American remake was also directed by Maas, titled Down and released in 2001. ()

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About The Lift

A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.

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Additional Information

Production country: Netherlands

Shot in: Amstelveen

Plays in: Netherlands

Made by: First Floor Features, Sigma Film Productions

Original language: Dutch (NL)

Spoken languages: Dutch (NL)

Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/04/1985 (World premiere: 05/11/1983)

Cast: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum, Serge-Henri, Hans Dagelet, Theo Pont, Coby Timp, Liz Snoijink, Luk Van Mello, Carola Gijsbers van Wijk, Pieter Lutz, Aat Ceelen, Huib Broos, Cor Witschge, Ad Noyons, Dick Scheffer

Director: Dick Maas

Producer: Matthijs van Heijningen

Screenwriter: Dick Maas

Executive Producer: Dick Maas

Film Editor: Hans van Dongen

Composer: Dick Maas

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"De lift"

"O Elevador Assassino"

"O Elevador Sem Destino"

"Elevatoren"

"El ascensor"

"Hissi"

"To asanser tou tromou"

"A lift"

"O Elevador"

"Lift"

"Лифт"

"Hissen"

"The Elevator"

Keywords: journalism, skyscraper, suffocation, todeskampf

Budget: 350,000 USD

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Other movies with this title: The Lift (US, 1972), The Lift (US, 2009), The Lift (CA, 2016), The Lift (VN, 2020), The Lift (MX, 2021)

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