MOVIE REVIEW

Wuthering Heights / 1939

Name: Wuthering Heights
Director: William Wyler
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1939
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 7.2

I am torn with Desire… tortured by hate!

7.2 / 10 (318 votes)

104 minutes

DIRECTOR William Wyler

WRITERS Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

CAST Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, Leo G. Carroll, Miles Mander, Cecil Kellaway, Cecil Humphreys, Sarita Wooton, Rex Downing, Douglas Scott, Frank Benson

PRODUCTION Samuel Goldwyn Productions

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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Wuthering Heights adalah sebuah Drama, Romance yang dirilis pada tahun 1939. “I am torn with Desire… tortured by hate!” Film ini disutradarai oleh William Wyler dan dibintangi oleh Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp.

Wuthering Heights menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Wuthering Heights menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Wuthering Heights adalah Drama yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 28, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

John Chard 9/10

May 12, 2019

Cathy, Cathy, come in, Cathy come back to me. Wuthering Heights is directed by William Wyler and adapted to screenplay by Charles MacArthur & Ben Hecht from the novel of the same name written by Emily Bronte. It stars Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Flora Robson. Music is scored by Alfred Newman and cinematography is by Gregg Toland. OK, so it's only a part of Bronte's classic novel, and yes some liberties have been taken, but Wuthering Heights is still a wonderfully involving picture. Expertly played by the actors and directed with adroitness, it's a haunting...

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CinemaSerf 8/10

June 22, 2022

I venture to suggest that this wonderfully evocative adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic story will never be surpassed. The novel is essentially a tale of lost love and the trio of Merle Oberon ("Cathy"), Laurence Olivier ("Heathcliffe") and David Niven ("Edgar") manage to encapsulate all the emotions of sadness, of bitterness and of despair superbly. "Heathcliffe" is the abandoned boy brought to the home of the wealthy "Earnshaw" family by Cecil Kellaway where he gradually falls in love with daughter "Cathy". When the old man dies, his son "Hindley" (Hugh Williams) inherits, treating "Heathcliffe" as little better than a servant...

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