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The Magnificent Ambersons

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7.3(503)19421h 28m5

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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Released
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Language
English
  • small town
  • marriage proposal
  • jealousy
  • love of one's life
  • marriage crisis
  • only child

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Behind the camera

Director

Orson Welles

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereLos Angeles, California9 Jul 1942
    • TheatricalNR10 Jul 1942
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical14A10 Jul 1942
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU15 Nov 1946
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1222 Jul 1966
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical21 Aug 1946

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The Magnificent Ambersons was released on 10 July 1942.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/26/2022

    7/10

    This is a actually quite a sad story; though given the wealth and opportunity offered the young "George" (Tim Holt) it might seem fatuous to say so. He is born into a family with money, status and privilege so, consequently, grows up into a young man with little, if any, appreciation of anything - all he wants to do is sail boats. As the plot develops, we see the return of "Eugene" (Joseph Cotton) the man his mother,…

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