Wuthering Heights (1992)

Regisseur:

Peter Kosminsky

Drehbuchautoren:

Emily Brontë (novel) and
Anne Devlin (writer)

Premierendatum:

16. Oktober 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

A passion. An obsession. A love that destroyed everyone it touched.

Plot:

Cathy Earnshaw is Heathcliff's foster sister; more than that, she is his other half. When forces within and without tear them apart...

Plot Keywords:

England | Period Piece | Moors | Remake | British

Nutzerkommentare:

It's a good story, and you get it all to the bitter end.

Besetzung

Juliette Binoche	...	Cathy Linton / Catherine Earnshaw
Ralph Fiennes	...	Heathcliff
Janet McTeer	...	Ellen Dean
Sophie Ward	...	Isabella Linton
Simon Shepherd	...	Edgar Linton
Jeremy Northam	...	Hindley Earnshaw
Jason Riddington	...	Hareton Earnshaw
Simon Ward	...	Mr. Linton
Dick Sullivan	...	Parson
Robert Demeger	...	Joseph
Paul Geoffrey	...	Mr. Lockwood
John Woodvine	...	Mr. Earnshaw
Jennifer Daniel	...	Mrs. Linton
Janine Wood	...	Frances Earnshaw
Jonathan Firth	...	Linton Heathcliff

Alternativ:

Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (USA) (complete title)
Stürmische Leidenschaft (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

105 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby SR

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Spain:13 | UK:U | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

Aysgarth Falls, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

The film's title came about because the Samuel Goldwyn Co. threatened to sue Paramount as they own the rights to the title via the 1939 film. Upheld by the Motion Picture Association of America, Goldwyn was legally permitted to fine Paramount $2,500 every time they neglected to add the "Emily Bronte" prefix to the title of their version.

Dialogzitate:

Isabella Linton: Take care, Ellen. He wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation. I'll die first. The single pleasure I can imagine is to die, or see him dead.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Wird parodiert in "The Simpsons: Kamp Krusty (#4.1)" (1992)

It's a good story, and you get it all to the bitter end.

It is puzzling that critics generally seem not to like this filming of Emily Bronte's tale of vengeance and woe. True, it is not a perfect novel as even Charlotte Bronte allowed in a preface to a later edition, but it evokes powerful images and emotions apropos of the Yorkshire country. This film, moreover, gives us the whole story to the bitter end, unlike some previous filmings. It is beautifully photographed in a bleak and forbidding setting. Color balances seem a tad weird at times and the editing is not always precise, but it is certainly a good attempt at a difficult story. For me, I found the acting good to adequate, often even excellent. This version deserves a look.