The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Hildegard Knef
- Trilby
- (as Hildegarde Neff)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaHildegard Knef's singing was dubbed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
- Quotes
Svengali: If you choose you can put all that nonsense behind you forever.
Trilby O'Farrall: And do what, starve?
Svengali: Not if you put your trust in me absolutely, not if you do exactly what I tell you to do.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: Paris The Latin Quarter at the turn of the Century
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hilde (2009)
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Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" meets "The Red Shoes"...
This is quite an unusual film in that certain scenes don't make a lot of sense - storylines are clumsily and swiftly manifested with no real development and thus there is no real tension when there needs to be, however, it is visually interesting and at times beautifully lit and shot with great and believable sets.
I'm not sure if the script or the editing is at fault but think that it's some of both in equal measure that leaves the viewer at times thinking "Why was that just said?" or "Why did that character just behave like that?" or "How much time has passed between the last scene and this scene?" or "Ok, so this now appears to be the main thread of the story, why was it so long in being made apparent and why was it developed so clumsily" etc. These questions arising really put in my mind the appalling (but awfully good fun) script, and (lack of) continuity of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room".
Apart from it's script and editing/continuity reminding me of "The Room" and the storyline being reminiscient of "The Red Shoes" - possessive control-freak older man, seeks to control young woman performing against the will of her lover, - "Svengali" also reminds me of another unusual film set in Paris and made in the 1950s called "Man On The Eiffel Tower". This film is also visually interesting and nicely art-directed but also suffers from (at times) an unintelligable script and very poor continuity.
The intention of "Svengali" is of course good but poor execution of basic story-telling damages the impact of the film substantially - but I still quite liked it!
Look out for the very young and beautiful, (uncredited - even though he has some lines), great Jeremy Brett in his first feature.
I'm not sure if the script or the editing is at fault but think that it's some of both in equal measure that leaves the viewer at times thinking "Why was that just said?" or "Why did that character just behave like that?" or "How much time has passed between the last scene and this scene?" or "Ok, so this now appears to be the main thread of the story, why was it so long in being made apparent and why was it developed so clumsily" etc. These questions arising really put in my mind the appalling (but awfully good fun) script, and (lack of) continuity of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room".
Apart from it's script and editing/continuity reminding me of "The Room" and the storyline being reminiscient of "The Red Shoes" - possessive control-freak older man, seeks to control young woman performing against the will of her lover, - "Svengali" also reminds me of another unusual film set in Paris and made in the 1950s called "Man On The Eiffel Tower". This film is also visually interesting and nicely art-directed but also suffers from (at times) an unintelligable script and very poor continuity.
The intention of "Svengali" is of course good but poor execution of basic story-telling damages the impact of the film substantially - but I still quite liked it!
Look out for the very young and beautiful, (uncredited - even though he has some lines), great Jeremy Brett in his first feature.
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- mrghurby
- May 10, 2018
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- Also known as
- Sihirbazın İntikamı
- Filming locations
- Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK(studio: filmed at)
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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