Svengali
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.
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"This 1954 British color version of SVENGALI has always gotten the short end of the stick in my opinion. A lot of that has to do with the fact that it's always compared to the legendary 1931 version with John Barrymore but it's like comparing apples and oranges. This version has gorgeous color photography, is well lit, contains atmospheric studio sets (it looks like John Huston's MOULIN ROUGE) and it puts the emphasis back on Trilby rather than Svengali. After all TRILBY is Du Maurier's original title. Director Noel Langley, best known for his written adaptations of THE WIZ..."
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Hildegard Knef's singing was dubbed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
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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.