Movie
The House in the Square
1951 · 90 min
A wistful, romantic time-travel fantasy that contrasts modern reason with 18th-century rigidity, building to a bittersweet, emotionally resonant conclusion.
- Directed by
- Roy Ward Baker
- Genres
- Romance, Science fiction, Drama
- Starring
- Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie
- Tagline
- In all of time it's never happened before ... of all the lovers since the world began it's only happened to us !
- Overview
- Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefather's cousin, Helen, but his contemporaries of 1784 are perplexed by his strange talk and the odd knowledge he possesses.
- How it feels
- Romantic, melancholic, earnest and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, fate, memory, isolation
- Content
- Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Roy Ward Baker
- Genres
- Romance, Science fiction, Drama
- Starring
- Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie
