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Romance becomes psychodrama in Alfred Hitchcock's elegantly crafted Rebecca, his first foray into Hollywood filmmaking. A dreamlike adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, the film stars the enchanting Joan Fontaine as a young woman who believes she has found her heart's desire when she marries the dashing aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter (played with cunning vulnerability by Laurence Olivier). But upon moving to Manderley her groom s baroque ancestral mansion she soon learns that his deceased wife haunts not only the home but the temperamental, brooding Maxim as well.

For his first American film, Alfred Hitchcock teamed up with producer David O. Selznick (Gone With the Wind) to create a "spine-tingling" (LA Weekly) romantic thriller that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Based on Daphne Du Maurier`s timeless novel, this dark, atmospheric tale of fatal obsession features Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson, as well as a "haunting score by Franz Waxman" (Leonard Maltin).

After a whirlwind romance, mysterious widower Maxim de Winter (Olivier) brings his shy, young bride (Fontaine) home to his imposing estate, Manderley. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds her married life dominated by the sinister, almost spectral influence of Maxim`s late wife: the brilliant, ravishingly beautiful Rebecca, who, she suspects, still rules both Manderley and Maxim from beyond the grave!

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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Actor Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper
 
Genre Drama
Mystery
Romanticism
Content DVD
FSK / age rating from age 16
Publication date 14.10.2008
Edition Restored
Audio English
Subtitles English, French, Spanish
Length 130 Minutes
Year of production 1940
Original title Rebecca
Version US Version
Region code 1
 

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  • Hitchcocks Einstieg in Hollywood

    Written on 18. November 2009 by Michael.
    This customer review refers to a alternative version.

    Rebecca, Hitchcocks Einstieg in Hollywood, begründete zu Recht den Ruhm des grossen, englischen Regisseurs. Grosses Kino mit aufwändiger Ausstattung, wie es in dieser Zeit ach so Mode war. "Gone with the wind" stammt auch aus dieser Zeit. Man merkt, wie es Hitchcock es genossen hat, die arme zweite Mrs. de Winter (deren wirklichen Namen erfährt man weder im Buch noch im Film) von einem Fettnäpfchen ins andere treten zu lassen. Gänsehautgarantie dank Judith Anderson als Haushälterin Danvers. Spannend bis zum Schluss, bei dem letzendlich offenbleibt, ob Maxim nun eigentlich schuldig ist oder nicht. Hitchcocks Original - bisher unerreicht!!

  • Rebecca

    Written on 03. October 2005 by Ezekiel.
    This customer review refers to a alternative version.

    Wieso kennt eigentlich jeder 'Psycho', 'Birds', 'Marnie' und 'Vertigo', aber kaum jemand 'Rebecca'? Ein sehr guter Hitchcock-Streifen (ok, schlechte Filme gibt's von ihm nicht).
    Spontan fällt mir eigentlich kein anderer Film ein, der derartig mit dem Zuschauer spielt...

  • Rebecca

    Written on 03. September 2005 by Langen Beini.
    This customer review refers to a alternative version.

    Mindestens so gut wie Phsycho oder die Vögel von Alfred Hichcock und ist nicht so in die Länge gezogen. Packende, spannende Scenen. Ein Film den man mehrere Male anschauen kann. Das Schloss erinnert mich einwenig an Hill house von "Bis das Blut gefiert." Hat auch etwas böses, ob es die Hofdienerin ist?

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