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- 1949
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
- 1949
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
Summary A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1949
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
- 1949
- Approved
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 57 m
Under Capricorn
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Summary A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
61
42% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Shot in astonishingly elaborate long takes, this is the kind of film that finds the most brilliant poetry in the slightest movement of the camera—a paradigm of cinematic expression.
Under Capricorn is still stigmatized by its terrible reviews and whopping financial losses, but with one of Ingrid Bergman's best performances, a grabber setting (1831 Sydney) and Technicolor cinematography by the era's greatest color specialist (The Red Shoes' Jack Cardiff), a lot of current movies should be as lacking. [27 Jun 2003]
A critical and box-office disaster that the Master himself dismissed. It is in fact a fascinating film, and was revered in France by Truffaut and others as Les amants du capricorne. [02 Apr 2006, p.10]
Slow, a mite predictable, and rather verbose, the film nevertheless has an elegance (thanks to long, sweeping takes) and a poignant romanticism that looks forward to Hitchcock's more pessimistic account of human relationships in Vertigo.
Under Capricorn is overlong and talky, with scant measure of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller tricks.
A Hitchcock stinker, set in Australia in the early 19th century (though shot in England).
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Awards
Bambi Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
