That Forsyte Woman (1950)

Directed by

Compton Bennett

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy family in Victorian-era England is torn apart when a young woman marries for money and status but falls in love with her husband's cousin. The story follows her struggle between duty and desire among the rigid social codes of the Forsyte clan.

romantictensemelodramaticslow-burnvisually lushstylizedformalconflicted

What happens

That Forsyte Woman (released in the United Kingdom as The Forsyte Saga) is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young and Janet Leigh. It is an adaptation of the 1906 novel The Man of Property, the first book in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy. Walter Plunkett and Arlington Valles were nominated for an Oscar for Best Costume Design, Color. The original music score was composed by Bronisław Kaper. Filmink magazine wrote that the movie featured "perhaps Flynn’s most famous 'capital-A-Acting' performance". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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