Movie Review : Wuthering Heights (1939)
General Information Title / Original Title: Wuthering Heights Director: William Wyler Country and Year of Production: USA, 1939 Running Time: 104 minutes (approx. 1 hour and 44 minutes) Main Cast: Laurence Olivier: Heathcliff Merle Oberon: Catherine "Cathy" Earnshaw David Niven: Edgar Linton Flora Robson: Ellen "Nelly" Dean Geraldine Fitzgerald: Isabella Linton Hugh Williams: Hindley Earnshaw. Genre Drama Romance The Plot General Theme of the Film: An obsessive, tragic, and destructive love that defies social conventions and death itself, intertwined with themes of revenge and social advancement. Initial Situation: The story opens in the desolate and stormy moors of Yorkshire (England) towards the end of the 18th century. The traveler Mr. Lockwood seeks shelter during a storm at the estate of Wuthering Heights, where he meets a cold and dark master of the house, Heathcliff. After experiencing a terrifying encounter (the ghost of a woman calling from the windowpane),...
