Hildegard Knef, Donald Wolfit, Terence Morgan, Derek Bond, Alfie Bass, Noel Purcell, Jeremy Brett, Paul Rogers, David Kossoff, Hubert Gregg, Harry Secombe, Peter Illing, Joan Haythorne, Hugh Cross, David Oxley
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
A better example of over-acting you will struggle to find in this overly theatrical adaptation of George Du Maurier's 1894 novel "Trilby". Hildegard Knef is a young, impressionable, girl who falls under the spell of the almost Rasputin-esque Donald Wolfit in the title role. He hypnotises her to rid her of pesky headaches, and give her the voice of an angel - and soon she becomes an international s...