Wuthering Heights (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

William Wyler

Escritores:

Charles MacArthur (screenplay) and
Ben Hecht (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 abril 1939 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

A Story of Vengeful Thwarted Love

Plot:

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city...

Plot Keywords:

Moors | Dog Bite | Blizzard | Housekeeper | Period Piece

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

No one has ever said "Cathy!" like Olivier!

Reparto

Merle Oberon	...	Cathy
Laurence Olivier	...	Heathcliff
David Niven	...	Edgar
Flora Robson	...	Ellen
Donald Crisp	...	Dr. Kenneth
Geraldine Fitzgerald	...	Isabella
Hugh Williams	...	Hindley
Leo G. Carroll	...	Joseph
Miles Mander	...	Lockwood
Cecil Kellaway	...	Earnshaw
Cecil Humphreys	...	Judge Linton
Sarita Wooton	...	Cathy - as a Child (as Sarita Wooten)
Rex Downing	...	Heathcliff - as a Child
Douglas Scott	...	Hindley - as a Child

También conocida como:

Cumbres borrascosas (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

104 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-12 (1955) | UK:U | USA:Approved (certificate #5104) | Germany:6

Locaciones de Filmación:

Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Compañía:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Trivialidades:

Both of the leading players began work on the film miserable at having to leave their loved ones back in England. Olivier was missing his fiancée Vivien Leigh and Oberon had only recently fallen in love with film producer Alexander Korda.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: In Cathy and Heathcliff's romantic scenes on the moors, and in the open window as Cathy is dying, the wind is blowing powerfully, yet the background clouds never move or change shape.

Citas:

Heathcliff: Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest so long as I live on! I killed you. Haunt me, then! Haunt your murderer! I know that ghosts have wandered on the Earth. Be with me always. Take any form, drive me mad, only do not leave me in this dark alone where I cannot find you. I cannot live without my life! I cannot die without my soul.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)

Banda de Sonido:

Piano Sonata in A major, K.331: Rondo alla Turca

No one has ever said "Cathy!" like Olivier!

With Olivier, Oberon and Niven for stars, a Hecht/MacArthur screenplay and William Wyler direction; it would be hard to miss. Some scenes, however, are devastatingly powerful in there simplicity.When Heathcliff returns after a long absence he looks at Cathy and Linton and says " It occurs to me that I have not congratulated you upon your marriage (pause)I've often thought of it." Cathy's eyes drop. We all know what he was thinking of and so does Cathy. It needn't be said. The most understated(and perhaps finest) performance is given by Hugh Williams as Hinley. His portrayal of a man broken by inner weakness and failure, to me, has always been a film highlight. Add to this a score by Alfred Newman as haunting as the moors themselves and Wuthering Heights is forever in your heart.