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Svengali

5.9 / 10

100 minutes

1954-09-01

English

GB

Actors :

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

Description

A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

11/21/2022, 5:04:40 PM

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...