Svengali (1954)

Movie Details

Original Title Svengali

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.3

Cast

Hildegard Knef

Trilby O'Farrell

Popularity: 1.8

Donald Wolfit

Svengali

Popularity: 2.9

Terence Morgan

Billy Bagot

Popularity: 0.9

Derek Bond

Landlord

Popularity: 0.7

Alfie Bass

Carrell

Popularity: 0.5

Noel Purcell

Patrick O'Farrell

Popularity: 0.4

Jeremy Brett

Pierre

Popularity: 0.9

Paul Rogers

Taffy

Popularity: 0.5

David Kossoff

Gecko

Popularity: 0.8

Hubert Gregg

Durian

Popularity: 1.5

Harry Secombe

Barizel

Popularity: 0.4

Peter Illing

Police Inspector

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Noel Langley

Music Muir Mathieson, William Alwyn

Editor John Pomeroy

Screenplay Noel Langley

Production

George Minter Productions

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 5/10

Nov 21, 2022

A better example of over-acting you will struggle to find in this overly theatrical adaptation of George Du Maurier's 1894 novel "Trilby". Hildegard Knef is a young, impressionable, girl who falls under the spell of the almost Rasputin-esque Donald Wolfit in the title role. He hypnotises her to rid ... Read more