Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 156 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In this adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, five sisters from a well-off English family navigate love, marriage, and social misunderstandings. The story focuses on the spirited Elizabeth Bennet and her evolving relationship with the proud Mr. Darcy.

lightheartedwittyromanticcharmingbreezyelegantcomedicwhimsical

What happens

Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the screenplay was written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted specifically from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome, in addition to Jane Austen's novel. The story is about five sisters from an English family of landed gentry who must deal with issues of marriage, morality and misconceptions. The film was released on July 26, 1940 in the United States by MGM and was critically well received. The New York Times film critic praised the film as "the most deliciously pert comedy of old manners, the most crisp and crackling satire in costume that we in this corner can remember ever having seen on the screen." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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