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Dragonwyck

1946 · 103 min

A lush, shadowed gothic melodrama that lures you in with romance and slowly curdles into dread and madness.

Tagline
Secret thoughts... That led to secret love... That led to rapture and terror!
Overview
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • obsession
  • madness
  • betrayal
  • love
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, thriller
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring
Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Connie Marshall, Harry Morgan
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Arthur C. Miller
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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