Under Capricorn
With Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Michael Wilding.
US, 1949, 35mm, color, 116 min.
Print source: British Film Institute
Conceived as a star vehicle for Ingrid Bergman, this Gothic romance remains little-seen and underappreciated, perhaps because of its hothouse period setting, despite the esteem in which it is held by numerous critics. Bergman plays the alcoholic spouse of a successful Australian businessman who is nonetheless a social outcast. The arrival of an Irish acquaintance brings out the tortured past that links husband and wife. Hitchcock’s experiment with long takes in Rope pays off here, as the film incorporates several brilliant lengthy shots, climaxing with one built around a tour-de-force monologue by Bergman. Under Capricorn in fact constitutes one of Hitchcock's most moving, and most sensual, portrayals of the power of love and the struggle for fulfillment.
Part of film series
Screenings from this program
Vertigo
To Catch a Thief
The Trouble with Harry
The Paradine Case
Stage Fright
Rebecca
Notorious
Rear Window
Dial M for Murder
Lifeboat
Saboteur
Murder!
Family Plot
Under Capricorn
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Spellbound
Strangers on a Train
Torn Curtain
Suspicion
Shadow of a Doubt
