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Blithe Spirit
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7.0While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.
Released: 1945-04-0596 minDir: David LeanComedy, Fantasy
Cast
- Rex Harrison as Charles Condomine
- Constance Cummings as Ruth Condomine
- Kay Hammond as Elvira Condomine
- Margaret Rutherford as Madame Arcati
- Hugh Wakefield as Dr. George Bradman
- Joyce Carey as Violet Bradman
Themes
- love triangle
- married couple
- exorcism
- medium
- based on play or musical
- murder
- trance
- author
- maid
- widower
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- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 729909
- Image
- Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit (1945 film).jpg
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- publication date
- 1945-01-01
- title
- Blithe Spirit
- Commons category
- Blithe Spirit (1945 film)
- review score
- 78%
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1940s color films1940s fantasy comedy films1940s ghost films1945 black comedy films1945 British films1945 English-language films1945 fantasy films1945 filmsBritish black comedy filmsBritish fantasy comedy filmsBritish films based on playsBritish ghost filmsEnglish-language black comedy filmsEnglish-language fantasy comedy filmsFilms about marriageFilms about the afterlifeFilms about writersFilms directed by David LeanFilms produced by Noël CowardFilms scored by Richard AddinsellFilms set in country housesFilms set in KentFilms shot at Denham Film StudiosFilms that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award