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500M
500M
Play Time: 100 mins
Romance, Drama, Thriller
Svengali

Overview:
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.

Status: Released (1954-09-01)
Awards:Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
Screen:George L. Du Maurier, Noel Langley
Productions: George Minter Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Svengali
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A better example of over-acting you will struggle to find in this overly theatrical adaptation of George Du Maurier's 1894 novel "Trilby". Hildegard Knef is a young, impressionable, girl who falls under the spell of the almost Rasputin-esque Donald Wolfit in the title role. He hypnot ....

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