Directed by:
William WylerCinematography:
Gregg TolandComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Cecil Kellaway (more)Plots(1)
When Lockwood (Miles Mander) arrives at WUTHERING HEIGHTS, it is dark and snowing. Lockwood needs shelter - but he is not welcome. His host, Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier), is ungracious, if not positively hostile. Lockwood wakes in the night and, as he tries to close a window, feels hands clasping at his. He screams for help. Heathcliff arrives, then plunges into the night. Lockwood wonders what this means, and Ellen (Flora Robson) begins to tell him the story of Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw (Merle Oberon), how they came together on the Yorkshire moors and how their passion was thwarted. (MGM Home Entertainment)
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A beautiful rendition of a wonderful story, highlighted by excellent performances, especially Laurence Olivier in the lead role. Even at a relatively young age, he demonstrated his maturity as an actor perfectly suited for these character roles. Seeing him on stage must have been breathtaking, but even in the film, it’s amazing. Thank goodness these films are preserved.
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William Wyler aims to win the hearts of his audience. There is a mysterious introduction featuring a stranger who breaks through a snowstorm and seeks refuge at Wuthering Heights, where he then witnesses something paranormal and wants to hear the tragic love story which seems to cast a dark shadow. Unfortunately, after that the movie then turns into beautifully filmed load of sloppy kitsch, whose central couple (the beautiful Merle Oberon and the charismatic Laurence Olivier) does not really motivate the audience to be rooting for them, because they are both very unlikeable characters - the female protagonist behaves as if she suffers from bipolar affective disorder, and Olivier's vengeful ruffian gradually destroys any kind of sympathy from the audience. They both speak of their great love for each other, yet they constantly take courses of action which lead them to be apart, unable to really be together. The paradox may have been more apparent in Emily Brontë's masterpiece, which I have not yet read, whereas the movie portrays an affected doomed relationship (in other words, a typical trashy romance) that you could enjoy if you ignored of the plot and its characters and just enjoyed the well-produced technical side of the movie (real Oscar-winning camerawork). The overall impression I got, however, was that the movie was unconvincing. [LFŠ 2019]
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A BEAUTIFUL adaptation of Bronte’s novel. Its atmosphere and the poetics of the black-and-white imagery have no equal today. Wuthering Heights is one of those cinematic classics that are a heart-warming celebration of moving pictures.
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