Svengali (1931)
A music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and wife.
- Archie Mayo
- Gordon Hollingshead
- J. Grubb Alexander
- George du Maurier
Rating: 6.1/10 by 47 users
Alternative Title:
스벵가리 - KR
스벵갈리 - KR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
Deutsch
Français
Italiano
English
Runtime: 01 hour 21 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, telepathy, artist, unrequited love, model, pre-code, hypnotism, mesmerist
John Barrymore is super as the eponymous mystic composer who entrances "Trilby" (Marian Marsh) after she comes to his studio with a desire to be a star; and a tendency to have headaches. Soon his avarice is evident as he ruthlessly exploits his charge (despite/because of his unrequited love for her) - to attain fame and fortune. The story tells the rise and fall tale cleverly, and pacily - with some great contributions from the wily Donald Crisp as the tight-fisted but generous spirited "Laird" and Luis Alberni as his long suffering violinist "Gecko". Dewy-eyed Bramwell Fletcher as "Little Billee" is less convincing as her true love, but this is a great partial-adaptation of George Du Maurier's late 19th century tale of ambition, love and power.
