[divx-dvdrip.mp3-eng-sub-ita][Alfred Hitchcock Project] Under Capricorn - Il Peccato Di Lady Considi

FILM INFORMATION:


Title:Under Capricorn


country:USA


release data: 1949


Genre: drammatic


runtime: 117'


director:Alfred Hitchcock


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DATI FILM:


Titolo: Il peccato di Lady Considine - Sotto Il Capricorno


Titolo originale:Under Capricorn


Nazionalit?:USA


Anno: 1949


Genere: drammatico


Durata: 117'


Regia:Alfred Hitchcock


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PLOT:


In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict Sam Flusky, who wants to do a business deal with him. Whilst attending a dinner party at Flusky's house, Charles meets Flusky's wife Henrietta who he had known as a child back in Ireland. Henrietta is an alcoholic and seems to be on the verge of madness....


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TRAMA:


Australia, 1835: nel tentativo di sottrarre dall'alcol la cugina di cui si sta innamorando, il nipote del governatore inglese viene a conoscenza di un terribile segeto...


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CAST:

Ingrid Bergman ... Lady Henrietta Flusky


Joseph Cotten ... Sam Flusky


Michael Wilding ... Hon. Charles Adare


Margaret Leighton ... Milly


Cecil Parker ... The Governor


Denis O'Dea ... Mr. Corrigan


Jack Watling ... Winter


Harcourt Williams ... The Coachman


John Ruddock ... Mr. Potter


Bill Shine ... Mr. Banks


Victor Lucas ... The Rev. Smiley


Ronald Adam ... Mr. Riggs


Francis De Wolff ... Major Wilkins (as Francis de Wolff)


G.H. Mulcaster ... Dr. Macallister


Olive Sloane ... Sal


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DIVX INFORMATION:


size: 735 MB


Runtime: 01:52:01

Video Codec: XviD


Video Bitrate: 784 kb/s


Risoluzione: 496x368 (1.35:1) [=31:23]


FPS (Frames/sec):25.000


QF (Frame quality): 0.172 bits/pixel

Audio Codec Mp3


Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR


Freq Audio: 48000 Hz


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COMMENTS:


It's a real shame (and also rather difficult to believe) that this film is so little-known and difficult to view. Even though it was directed by the famous Alfred Hitchcock (in my opinion, the most brilliant film director who ever lived), it has too often been dismissed as one of his "lesser works." To each his own, I suppose, but _Under Capricorn_ boasts some of the most beautiful photography and eloquent, literate dialogue to be found in any Hitchcock film. Although the plot and structure of the film are familiar (the quintessential love triangle, ala _Wuthering Heights_), Hitchcock's treatment raises it above the ordinary. The costumes and sets are actually quite lavish, and pay particular attention to the unique musical score! Hitchcock's experiments with the "ten-minute take" (with which he experimented in his previous film, _Rope_) also add to the film's interest. The film is not, of course, an artistic triumph for Hitchcock alone. Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten (to name only two) are stars of the caliber that one just doesn't see anymore, and they give worthy performances. Casting Ingrid Bergman as an Irish noblewoman is, of course, rather bizarre casting against type, but this great actress makes it work. Joseph Cotten possesses the rougher qualities that his part demands, but his performance also elicits sympathy from the viewer (such as the scene where he is going to present his wife with a collar of rubies but then decides to hide his gift when she and Charles Adair comment that it wouldn't go with her gown). The other actors, mostly little-known to American audiences, fill their roles well more than adequately and the very fact that they are unfamiliar makes them easier for the viewer to see as the characters they play rather than as "stars." All in all, _Under Capricorn_ is an underrated masterpiece that is surely one of the best "costume" pictures of the 1940s. It is not for anyone seeking vicarious thrills or shocks, but for discriminating viewers who demand a coherent storyline, color photography that is aesthetically pleasing, literate dialogue and interesting casting, _Under Capricorn_ will fill the bill. I recommend it enthusiastically!


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RECENSIONE:

Uno dei pochi insuccessi commerciali di Hitchcock, e uno dei suoi rari film in costume. Conta per una I. Bergman (con J. Cotten fuori parte) straordinaria, l'uso del piano-sequenza, l'ambientazione, la fotografia di J. Cardiff. Verboso. Finale debole. Sceneggiato da James Bridie (e da Hume Cronyn, non accreditato) da un romanzo di Helen Simpson.