Swoon DVD (2009) Daniel Schlachet, Kalin (DIR) cert 18 Title: Swoon Leading Actor: Daniel Schlachet Region: Region 2 Duration: 93 mins Format: DVD / Normal Type: DVD No. of Discs: 1 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Trinity Creative Partnership UK Release Date: 28 Sep 2009 Edition: Normal Leopold and Loeb, two homosexual lovers who murdered a 14 year old boy in 1924, are the subject of Tom Kalin’s atmospheric black-and-white study of the relationship between the two killers, their crime and subsequent trial. The case served as the inspiration for two other films, Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’ (1948) and Richard Fleischer’s ‘Compulsion’ (1959).
