Under Capricorn

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Under Capricorn

Released Oct 8, 1949

1h 57m

Drama

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A lady (Ingrid Bergman) marries an upstart (Joseph Cotten) and turns alcoholic in 1830s Australia.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Giddily atypical in its style even as it explores lurid new byways of Hitchcock's familiar obsessions.

Mar 3, 2014

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Variety Staff

Variety

Under Capricorn is overlong and talky, with scant measure of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller tricks.

Jul 22, 2008

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

A strangely unexciting but emotionally intriguing Hitchcock costume drama with echoes of Rebecca and Suspicion.

Jun 24, 2006

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Kristin Battestella

InSession Film

Only the divine uninterrupted tiara ball sequence captures the guilt and performance so lacking in the rest of the film.

Jul 25, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The plot and pacing crawl along, unable to keep up interest, trudging through exposition even when unsurprising revelations finally come – and despite a rather satisfying conclusion.

Rated: 5/10

Mar 31, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Under Capricorn has long been considered one of Alfred Hitchcock's weakest features, even by Hitchcock himself. And rightly so.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 10, 2021

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P O

One of Hitchcock's worst films. Cotton and Bergman actually helped this film. Wilding's acting was less satisfactory.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/30/24

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Georgan G

A story of secrets & classism that drive years of suffering. Hitchcock's cameo I didn't find, but did see the generations of truth in the plot. Not my favorite by Hitch, but I still love his work.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/23

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Blobbo X

No suspense from the master of? But Hitchcock was also the master painter, as he so ably demostrated here. Good acting from the beautiful Bergman also a plus.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Dick C

It's an excellent motion picture, Under Capricorn, a 1949 British historical thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock who puts all his focus on the leading actress, Ingrid Bergman...Firstly, she burns the Margaret Leighton's punishing leather stick to demonstrate she's the one in charge now...Secondly, she confesses bravely to the Australian Colony Governor for her murder of her brother...Actually, Alfred shows many things Ingrid's transforming... Casting is strong, such as the "Milly" by Margaret, "Sam" by Joseph Cotten and the last but not the least, final scene, Michael Wilding's statemnet...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

3 good performances from Cotten, Bergman and Wilding. Took a while to get going but improved steadily in the second half. Not as stylish or as entertaining as a typical Hitchcock film but better than the ratings suggest.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

One of Hitchcock's few non-suspense films is a slow, stiff plod of a melodrama. He's still on his long-takes-kick, carried over from Rope; only those moves have little-to-no thematic or narrative heft to them…regardless of how impressive they are. Bergman's mastery is unwavering, though; she's nearly unrecognizable in this movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Synopsis

A lady (Ingrid Bergman) marries an upstart (Joseph Cotten) and turns alcoholic in 1830s Australia.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Sidney Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: John Colton, Margaret Linden, Helen Simpson, Hume Cronyn, James Bridie
Distributor: Warner Bros., VidAmerica
Production Co: Transatlantic Pictures, Warner Bros.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 8, 1949, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jan 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Mono

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