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Where to watch This Was a Woman in Madrid
Where to watch This Was a Woman (1948) in Madrid: updated showtimes for 1 session at Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española).
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- Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española)1 session
Synopsis
The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...
Cast
Sonia DresdelWalter FitzgeraldEmrys JonesBarbara WhiteScott ForbesCyril RaymondMarjorie RhodesCelia Lipton
Themes
Crimen En Círculos RespetablesDrama Criminal Británico De PosguerraVeneno DomésticoCine Británico De PosguerraMelodrama ResidencialInquietanteAmbición Y EstatusAmenaza Matriarcal GóticaRareza CinéfilaLímites FamiliaresAficionados Al Cine Británico De PosguerraInquietud De Hogar RespetableInteriores En Blanco Y NegroDrama De CámaraAdaptación TeatralConflicto Familiar Intergeneracional