Alfred Hitchcock presents

  
 

The Ikon Of Elijah

  
     
 
 
     
 

 
     
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Genre: Thriller

Erstausstrahlung: 10.1.60

Filmlänge: 23 Min.

Drehbuch: Norah Perez und Victor Wolfson nach einer Geschichte von Avram Davidson

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Regie: Paul Almond

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Darsteller: Oskar Homolka (Carpius), Sam Jaffe (Archimandrite), Danielle de Metz (Elphtheria), Arthur Gould-Porter (Major Parslow), William Greene (Theodoras), David Janti (Paul Carp), Robert Richards (Brother Constantine), Fred Catania (Brother Damianos), Richard Longman (Callost Chiringirian).

Inhaltsangabe: Carpius obtains a copy of a valuable ikon and wished to switch it with the original. He goes to the monastery where it is kept and tries to steal it. He is discovered by a monk who he then kills. Other monks hear the commotion and capture Carpius. Carpius pleads for forgiveness. The archimandrite tell him that forgiveness is only possible through prayer. Carpius gets down on his knees and prayers. Behind him the monks lock the door. They want him to pray their for the rest of his life.

Info: This episode is based on the short story "The Ikon of Elijah" by Avram Davidson. This story was first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (December, 1956).

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