At the Institute of psychiatry comes a new Director, a renowned scholar Edwards. An employee of the Institute of Constance Petersen is showing not only professional interest, and they tied the romance.
But the young Professor begins acting strangely, and soon Constance discovers that her lover is not who he claims to be he is an impostor, an amnesiac. His real name is John Ballantyne, and everything points to the fact that he was a missing patient of Dr. Edwards and maybe he is the killer.
Not believing that John is a criminal, Constance takes him to his old teacher Dr. Brulov. They hope studying the dreams of John, to reveal the secrets hidden in the depths of his consciousness
Spellbound
| Year | 1945 |
|---|---|
| Country | USA |
| Tagline | Strange . . . Strange . . . Their Irresistible Love! Dark . . . Dark . . . Their Inescapable Fears ! |
| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Scriptwriters | May E. RommBen HechtFrances Beeding |
| Produced | David O. Selznick |
| Music | Miklós RózsaAudrey Granville |
| Art Direction | James Basevi |
| Genres | Film-noirThrillerMelodramaDetective |
| USA Gross | $7 000 000сборы |
| Release Date | October 31, 1945 |
| MPAA | N |
| Runtime | 111 min. |
Plot Summary
Did You Know?
The dream sequence in the film is artist Salvador Dali. According to some sources, the film's producer David Selznick cut out all other scene created by Dali.
As usual, Hitchcock appears briefly in the film as a man with a cigar coming out of the Elevator in the hotel "Empire", about 37 minutes of the film.
During filming between Ingrid Bergman and Gregory peck began a passionate affair, which caused grave scandal, husband, Bergman demanded the producer of the Pitch immediately affect these relationships.
"Spellbound" is one of the first Hollywood films, the main theme of which is psychoanalysis.
Snow falling on Ballantyne and Dr. Peterson during the skiing, is corn flakes.
Producer David Selznick wanted much of the film was based on his personal experience, he even brought on the set of her therapist, so he became a technical consultant. One day, arguing with Hitchcock about some "psychological" moment in the film, the doctor heard a reply from him: "My dear, it's just a movie".
Hitchcock persuaded Selznick to purchase the rights to the novel for $ 40,000.
Pre-screening of the film took place on 27 September 1944, after which the Film cut from the film for 14 minutes, including a shot that shows the treatment of the insane.
Hitchcock called the film "Hidden Impulse" ("Hidden strike"). Then the Studio Secretary Ruth Rickman came up with the name "Spellbound", which was approved.
Music of Miklos Rozsa in this film inspired by the outstanding composer Jerry goldsmith to launch a music career.
When writing the screenplay Ben Hecht consulted many of the leading psychoanalysts.
Hitchcock was a fan of Dali and realized that no one will make the Among sleep better. David Selznick was initially against involvement Given, it cost him a very large sum, yet he did not consider the appearance of the artist's name in the credits as a good marketing ploy.
In the role of Dr. Bryullov was played by Michael Chekhov, nephew of Anton Chekhov, who emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States in 1928.
In this black-and-white film has one color frame. When the end of Murchison turns the gun on himself and fired, the film becomes slightly red.
