The Lost Weekend
"The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!"
1945-11-29
7.629
en 101mDrama
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Novel
Charles R. Jackson
Screenplay
Charles Brackett
Screenplay
Billy Wilder
Producer
Charles Brackett
Original Music Composer
Miklós Rózsa
Director of Photography
John F. Seitz
based on novel or book alcohol brother paranoia bartender addiction alcoholism flashback film noir suicidal black and white writer alcoholic bats low self esteem dishonesty hopelessness delirium tremens lies devoted girlfriend
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$11,000,000Budget
$1,250,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Paramount Pictures
