Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, Leo G. Carroll. Based on the novel by Emily Brontèˆ. Originally produced as motion picture in 1939. Interactive menu includes: scene selection, language & subtitle selection, cast & filmmakers biographies & filmographies, original theatrical trailer, interview with Geraldine Fitzgerald.
Summary:
The story of the impact of the abused waif, Heathcliff, on two Yorkshire families, the Earnshaws and Lintons, at the close of the 18th century. When Heathcliff loses Cathy Earnshaw, the woman he obsessively loves, to the wealthy but inferior Edgar Linton, he plans a savage retaliation upon both families, extending into the second generation.
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