Rebecca (1940)

Réalisateur:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Daphne Du Maurier (novel)
Philip MacDonald (adaptation) ...

Release Date:

12 avril 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Accroche:

The shadow of this woman darkened their love.

Plot:

When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants.

Plot Keywords:

Leitmotif | Source Music | Orchestral Music Score | Upper Class | Intrusiveness

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

One of Hitchcock's best films

Ensemble

Laurence Olivier	...	'Maxim' de Winter
Joan Fontaine	...	The Second Mrs. de Winter
George Sanders	...	Jack Favell
Judith Anderson	...	Mrs. Danvers
Nigel Bruce	...	Major Giles Lacy
Reginald Denny	...	Frank Crawley
C. Aubrey Smith	...	Colonel Julyan
Gladys Cooper	...	Beatrice Lacy
Florence Bates	...	Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper
Melville Cooper	...	Coroner
Leo G. Carroll	...	Dr. Baker
Leonard Carey	...	Ben
Lumsden Hare	...	Tabbs
Edward Fielding	...	Frith
Forrester Harvey	...	Chalcroft

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Rebecca (France) [fr]

Durée:

130 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Classification:

Spain:13 | Iceland:L | USA:Approved (certificate #5969) | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Peru:14 | Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Big Sur, California, USA

Company:

Selznick International Pictures

Anecdotes:

The original script named the heroine "Daphne" after the writer Daphne Du Maurier. David O. Selznick objected and the name was not used.

Goofs:

Continuity: Frank's hand holding the letter jumps from in front of the filing cabinet to resting on top of it.

Guillemet:

Maxim de Winter: Happiness is something I know nothing about.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)

One of Hitchcock's best films

In his long career, Alfred Hitchcock directed many great films. Rebecca ranks as one of the greatest. It was the only Hitchcock movie to win a Best Picture Oscar and it was his first Hollywood film after leaving England. This was also the first film in which he adapted someone else's work, the famous novel by de Maurier.

This film features all the twists and strange characters you would expect from Hitchcock along with the trademark unexpected ending. Sir Laurence Olivier is great, as usual, as Maximillian de Winter. The stunning Joan Fontaine is wonderful as "the Second Mrs. de Winter". Rebecca is an entertaining thriller by one of the masters of film.