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"Rebecca" is a 1940 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a new bride who enters her husband's grand estate, only to find herself haunted by the mystery surrounding his first wife, Rebecca. The film is considered a masterpiece of suspense and remains one of Hitchcock's most celebrated works, helping to establish many of the psychological thriller techniques he would become famous for.
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7.9Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Cast
- Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter
- Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter
- George Sanders as Jack Favell
- Judith Anderson as Mrs. Danvers
- Nigel Bruce as Major Giles Lacy
- Reginald Denny as Frank Crawley
Themes
- based on novel or book
- age difference
- obsession
- monte carlo
- bride
- cornwall, england
- love
- film noir
- rural area
- black and white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Rebecca
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Screenwriter
- Michael Hogan
- Cast member
- Edward Fielding
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
- Production company
- Selznick International Pictures
- Cinematographer
- George Barnes
- Narrative location
- Cornwall
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 167667
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Rebecca (1939 poster).jpeg
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- Commons category
- Rebecca (film)
- publication date
- 1940-04-12
- title
- Rebecca
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Lyle R. Wheeler
- after a work by
- Daphne du Maurier
- distributed by
- Netflix
- first line
- Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 8.1/10
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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Encyclopedic overview
Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.
The film stars Laurence Olivier as the brooding, aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter and Joan Fontaine as the young, never-named woman who becomes his second wife, with Judith Anderson, George Sanders and Gladys Cooper in supporting roles. The film is a gothic tale shot in black-and-white. Maxim de Winter's first wife Rebecca, who died before the events of the film, is never seen. Her reputation and recollections of her, however, are a constant presence in the lives of Maxim, his new wife and the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.
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