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Mood:
- AtmosphericGloomyStylized
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsFall in LoveDishonestyLove and RomanceUnderdogIntrigueLove TriangleAlcohol Abuse more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 19th Century
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Place:
- AustraliaEnglandIreland
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Based on:
- Based on BookBased on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Under Capricorn, 1949
English
UK
Profile of Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn can be described as gloomy, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot revolves around falling in love, couples relations, and dishonesty. The main genres are drama and period. In approach, Under Capricorn is serious and realistic. It is located in Ireland, Australia, and England. It takes place in the 19th century. Under Capricorn is adapted from a play and based on a book.
Summary of Under Capricorn
This historical melodrama, a true rarity for Alfred Hitchcock, was the last film produced by Hitchcock's own Transatlantic Pictures. Set in 1831 Australia, the film takes Hitchcock's enduring fascination with the underdog despised by the world and applies it to a social drama of class and wealth stretched across the British empire. In the past, Sam Flusky (Joseph Cotten) was an Irish stablehand brash enough to elope with the aristocratic daughter of the estate, Lady Henrietta (Ingrid Bergman). When her brother tried to stop them he was killed, and Sam was convicted of his murder. The film finds Sam and Henrietta resettled in Sydney. Sam has grown wealthy, and Henrietta has taken to drinking, both in a futile attempt to erase the memory and the stigma of the murder. When Henrietta's handsome distant cousin, Charles Adare (Michael Wilding), comes to visit he tries to console and revitalize her. But Adare falls in love with his cousin while a scheming Milly (Margaret Leighton, playing the family's odd, enigmatic housekeeper) sees an opportunity to claim Sam for herself. This tangle of emotions and interests hatches a murder plot and social scandal before the conflict between Sam and Adare comes to its climax, and a dark secret is revealed.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 8 September 1949 |
| Runtime: | 117 min |
Cast and Crew
as Lady Henrietta Flusky
as Sam Flusky
