Il peccato di Lady Considine

Titolo originale: Under Capricorn

1949
T
1h 57min

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Un giovane gentiluomo va in Australia dove si riunisce con la sua fidanzata d'infanzia, ora sposata, solo per scoprire che è diventata un'alcolizzata e che nasconde oscuri segreti.Un giovane gentiluomo va in Australia dove si riunisce con la sua fidanzata d'infanzia, ora sposata, solo per scoprire che è diventata un'alcolizzata e che nasconde oscuri segreti.Un giovane gentiluomo va in Australia dove si riunisce con la sua fidanzata d'infanzia, ora sposata, solo per scoprire che è diventata un'alcolizzata e che nasconde oscuri segreti.

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6,2/10

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- 1 vittoria in totale

Quiz
In 1958, Cahiers du Cinema (French Film Magazine) voted this movie as one of the ten greatest movies of all time.

Blooper
As the characters gather for the dinner party, fairly early on in the film, the camera tracks backwards across the dining room. The table has been pushed into the path of the camera by the time it comes into view, but the candlesticks are still shaking severely from the jerking appearance of the table (their shaking lessens as the take continues).

Citazioni
[last lines]
Winter: We'll be sorry to lose you, sir.
Hon. Charles Adare: If I may say so, Winter, I'm sorry to go. Not a bad place. It is said that there is some future for it, there must be- it's a big country.
Winter: Then why are you leaving, sir?
Hon. Charles Adare: That's just it, Winter. It's not quite big enough. Bye, good luck.

Curiosità sui crediti
Opening credits roll up over a map of Australia.

Versioni alternative
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "SOTTO IL CAPRICORNO (Il peccato di Lady Considine, 1949) New Widescreen Edition + FRAGILE VIRTÙ (1927)" (2 Films on a single DVD, with "Under Capricorn" in double version 1.33:1 and 1.78:1), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connessioni
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

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5/10

To be proper.. a bit of a let down, I'd say.

As a lover of Hitchcock I couldn't take 2 viewings of this one. The story has potential but the characters are horribly developed. The acting is fine, since the cast was superb. However, I wouldn't have wanted to be an actor in this one. Without spoiling, there is just too much anger without explanation. Too many characters lack character. The utter blindness of the leads to the glaring and painful flaws in the antagonists is almost comical. Finally, the sudden restoration of everyone's honesty and peace in the last scene is intolerable. A story is believable if the characters act like real humans would act. This film is an attempt to fool the viewer into thinking that a leopard can change it's spots in the blink of an eye! It is interesting to note that, even in a melodramatic story driven piece, Hitch still found a place for the falsely accused in the plot. Hitchcock was great, there will never be an equal, but, even he made a dud.. makes me feel better about myself!