The film starts captioning on Emily Bronte novel : ¨On the barren Yorkshire moors in England , a hundred years ago, stood a house as bleak and desolate as the wastes around it. Only a stranger lost in a storm would have dared to knock at the door of Wuthering Heights¨. Heathcliff(Laurence Olivier)is a foundling gypsy boy adopted by a God-fearing landowner(Cecil Kallaway). In the murky and isolated Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff grows up along with his foster brothers, Cathy(Merle Oberon), his soul-mate, and Hindley(Hugh Williams), furthermore are the servants(Flora Robson, Leo G. Carroll). When father dies, Hinley sends Heathcliff to the stables . When Heatcliff and Cathy spy their upper class neighbors, Edgar(David Niven) and Isabella(Geraldine Fitzgerald), they are pursued by the dogs and Cathy is wounded. Them begins an affair between Cathy and Edgar. Bitter Heathcliff escapes but long time after returns, now rich, to disrupt the life of Cathy now married to another. Desperate Heathcliff wreak vengeance on those he hold responsible of the separation . Meanwhile, Hindley is utterly embittered, turning a drunk unable to care of Wuthering Heights.
This moody drama about a dammed love contains awesome performances by main casting and supporting roles. This haunting story displays impressive production designs as enjoyable interior as sweeping exterior. Strikingly moors with rain and eerie gloom on North of England designed mostly in studios . Splendid and dark cinematography cinematography by classic cameraman,Gregg Tolland(Citizen Kane), won an Academy Award. Interesting screenplay by Ben Hetch and Charles McArthur( usual writers for Billy Wilder) and mesmerizing score by the master Alfred Newman. The film gets numerous and inferior remakes : 1956, by Luis Buñuel with Jorge Mistral; 1970, by Robert Fuest with Timothy Dalton ; 1992, by Peter Kosminsky with Ralph Fiennes ; TV, 2003 with Erika Christiensen and Mike Vogel. Rating : Sensational, well worth watching for cinema classic lovers and ultimately successful version on Emily Bronte novel.
This moody drama about a dammed love contains awesome performances by main casting and supporting roles. This haunting story displays impressive production designs as enjoyable interior as sweeping exterior. Strikingly moors with rain and eerie gloom on North of England designed mostly in studios . Splendid and dark cinematography cinematography by classic cameraman,Gregg Tolland(Citizen Kane), won an Academy Award. Interesting screenplay by Ben Hetch and Charles McArthur( usual writers for Billy Wilder) and mesmerizing score by the master Alfred Newman. The film gets numerous and inferior remakes : 1956, by Luis Buñuel with Jorge Mistral; 1970, by Robert Fuest with Timothy Dalton ; 1992, by Peter Kosminsky with Ralph Fiennes ; TV, 2003 with Erika Christiensen and Mike Vogel. Rating : Sensational, well worth watching for cinema classic lovers and ultimately successful version on Emily Bronte novel.