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Adaptation of Under Capricorn Helen Simpson , 1937 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 Under Capricorn
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Film Details - Transatlantic Pictures Corporation , 1949

Producers:

Sydney Bernstein
Alfred Hitchcock

Production Companies:

Transatlantic Pictures

Director of Photography:

Jack Cardiff

Editors:

Jeff Bates

Production Designers:

Thomas N. Morahan

Composer:

Richard Addinsell

Cast:

Incl. 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), G.H. Mulcaster (Dr Macallister), Olive Sloane (Sal), Maureen Delaney (Flo), Julia Lang (Susan), Betty McDermott (Martha).

Release Dates:

1. Premiered in New York City (USA) on 8 September 1949. Released commercially in the USA on 8 October 1949. Other known release dates include Sweden (26 December 1949), Finland (10 March 1950), Australia (16 March 1950), Denmark (14 August 1950), France (15 September 1950), West Germany (17 November 1950), Portugal (12 February 1951), Austria (9 November 1951), Finland (14 November 1975 - re-release), France (29 September 2004 - re-release).
2. Released on DVD format in 2003 by Chatsworth (California, USA).

Location:

  • Filmed at MGM British Studios, Herfordshire (England) and the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden (California, USA).

Notes:

Also known as Les Amants du Capricorne (Belgium/France); Sklavin des Herzens (Austria/West Germany); Sob o Signo de Capricórnio (Brazil/Portugal); Atormentada (Spain); Bajo el signo de Capricornio (Argentina); Il peccato di Lady Considine and Sotto il capricorno (Italy); Kauriin Merkeissä (Finland); Lady Henrietta (Denmark); Slavin van Haar Hart (Belgium); Ston asterismo tou Aigokero (Greece).

Subjects:
Settings:
  • New South Wales,
  • Bush,
  • 1800-1899
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