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The Apartment
Comedy and dramatic events follow a man named Kasper, who lives in a modest apartment and works in a large company where many employees are employed by the managers to exploit him by scheduling their mates in his apartment in return for his promotion at work But he falls in love with the elevator operator Miss 'Kublak' until he makes a sudden surprise that he will not expect to discover as a relationship with the general manager of the company.
29 August 1914, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
19 October 1916, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2 December 1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
26 September 1927, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 April 1916, Denver, Colorado, USA
29 November 1926, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
16 April 1927, Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA
5 March 1926, Forest Hills, New York, USA
24 April 1934, Richmond, Virginia, USA
23 February 1926, Brooklyn, New York, USA
30 August 1908, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
20 March 1922, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 15, 2012
Beautifully written and directed by the great Billy Wilder, bittersweet and heartfelt, this is sheer delight.
August 15, 2007
Most of the time, it's up to director Wilder to sustain a two-hour-plus film on treatment alone, a feat he manages to accomplish more often than not, and sometimes the results are amazing.
February 18, 2009
A comedy of men's-room humours and water-cooler politics that now and then among the belly laughs says something serious and sad about the struggle for success, about what it often does to a man, and about the horribly small world of big business.
June 15, 2012
When assessing his own work Billy Wilder described The Apartment as being the film with the fewest mistakes. And he is right: it is as near to perfect as is possible.
February 24, 2013
Despite some entertaining moments and a terrific performance by its lead, it's not a perfect film and does have some problems.
February 10, 2014
From such potentially edgy material Wilder and co-writer IAL Diamond sculpt an unforgettable romance.
July 01, 2013
Wilder, a bilious and mercurial wit, here becomes a wide-screen master of time ...
July 29, 2012
{VIDEO ESSAY} Billy Wilder's classic Manhattan-based romantic comedy comes with a sly critique regarding 50's era corporate culture of rampant misogyny and unbridled ambition.
June 08, 2012
Directed by Wilder with attention to detail and emotional reticence that belie its inherent darkness and melodramatic core, it's lifted considerably by the performances.
June 10, 2008
With tremendous performances by the two leads (Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine), this is yet another "must see" title to be found on Wilder's resume.
February 23, 2015
Production and direction wise, Wilder sustains his usual excellence. But his story is controversial and I am not one of those who can quite see The Apartment as the great comedy-drama he evidently intended it to be.
August 07, 2014
...despite all its cynicism, The Apartment still ends on a hopeful note...