Under Capricorn (1949)




Ingrid Bergman - Under Capricorn




In 1831, Irishman Charles Adare travels to Australia to start a new life with the help of his cousin who has just been appointed governor. When he arrives he meets powerful landowner and ex-convict Sam Flusky, who wants to do a business deal with him. Whilst attending a dinner party at Flusky’s house, Charles meets Flusky’s wife Henrietta who he had known as a child back in Ireland. Henrietta is an alcoholic and seems to be on the verge of madness.


Books with substantial mentioning of Under Capricorn

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Robert A. Harris & Michael S. Lasky
The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Secaucus, NJ, 1979

Donald Spoto
The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, Fifty Years of His Motion Pictures
New York, 1976

Lawrence J. Quirk
The Films of Ingrid Bergman
Secaucus, NJ, 1970