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The Woman in the House

6.5(5)194211m1

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.

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Released
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Language
English
  • fear
  • recluse
  • reclusiveness
  • anthropophobia

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Director

Sammy Lee

Writers

Warner Law

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR9 May 1942

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The Woman in the House was released on 9 May 1942.

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