Realização:
Fritz LangArgumento:
Silvia RichardsCâmara:
Stanley CortezMúsica:
Miklós RózsaElenco:
Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Barbara O'Neil, Natalie Schafer, Paul Cavanagh, Anabel Shaw, Rosa Rey, James Seay, Donald Kerr, Ralph Brooks (mais)Conteúdos(1)
After a whirlwind romance while on vacation in Mexico, young and beautiful heiress Celia (Bennett) decides to marry Mark Lamphere (Redgrave), the publisher of an architectural journal. Once the honeymoon is over, however, Celia begins to suspect that her new husband is deeply disturbed and may have murdered his first wife. Filled with stunning visuals and amazing camera moves. Lang creates an engrossing film. The most successful aspect of the production is the cinematography, which creates a shadowy world of false appearances, hidden meanings, and elusive truths. The musical score by Miklos Rozsa also is fascinating. In the screening room Lang suggested that Rozsa compose the music in reverse and then when the reversed score was recorded it could be played back the other way, making the music sound normal but retaining an intangible, odd quality. The trick worked and Rozsas score adds an eerie and disturbing facet to the overall effect. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
(mais)Críticas (2)
Será que Fritz Lang precisava mesmo de roubar Hitchcock desta forma flagrante? Isto não é uma homenagem ou elogio a Rebecca, é um pobre plágio dela em todos os sentidos. Sem o cenário gótico que lhe teria dado a atmosfera misteriosa necessária, com protagonista masculino sem o carisma necessário, com um carácter do seu filho insuficientemente desenvolvido, esse potencialmente poderia ser o mais interessante, e com uma revelação final dececionante e banal. [Noir Film Fest]
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I must admit a little disappointedly that I expected more from Fritz Lang. Music-wise, the film is too imposing and too explicit, showing that this is something terrifying. Story-wise, it's incredibly suspenseful, but the ending definitely doesn't really help it and doesn't do it any justice. I could imagine more effective psychological scenes.
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