Rebecca

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

This adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s classic novel stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. It was Hitchcock’s first Hollywood film and won an Oscar for Best Picture. A timid young girl marries the handsome but troubled Cornish Landowner Maxim de Winter, but very soon realises that her life is dominated by the image and memories of her husband’s first wife, Rebecca.

Duration:
131 minutes

Languages:
English

Country of origin:
USA

Year of production:
1940