Under Capricorn (DVD, 2003)

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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.

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UPC0014381544329
eBay Product ID (ePID)3420830

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ActorIngrid Bergman
RatingNR
Movie/TV TitleUnder Capricorn
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Hitchcock
FormatDVD
Release Year2003
GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleIngrid Bergman
Release Date20030617
Film CountryUnited Kingdom

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  • Still intriguing after all these years

    This is not a soap opera because each scene is very realistic and atypical of human compassion and heart ache. It is not one of those drawn out melodramas as I have seen some reviews erroneously claim. The superb cast as young as they were had already reached the apex of their acting skills and even the extras did a pretty good job. Hitchcock did not give away the ending, which is why it is somewhat suspenseful in not telling all the details until the end. It is quite unique among his other great films which shows some diversity on his part.

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