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Orgueil et préjugés

Original title: Pride and Prejudice
  • 1940
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
9.7K
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Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson in Orgueil et préjugés (1940)
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Period DramaRomantic ComedyComedyDramaRomance

The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.

  • Director
    • Robert Z. Leonard
  • Writers
    • Aldous Huxley
    • Jane Murfin
    • Jane Austen
  • Stars
    • Greer Garson
    • Laurence Olivier
    • Mary Boland
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    9.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Aldous Huxley
      • Jane Murfin
      • Jane Austen
    • Stars
      • Greer Garson
      • Laurence Olivier
      • Mary Boland
    • 170User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins total

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    Greer Garson
    Greer Garson
    • Elizabeth Bennet
    Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier
    • Mr. Darcy
    Mary Boland
    Mary Boland
    • Mrs. Bennet
    Edna May Oliver
    Edna May Oliver
    • Lady Catherine de Bourgh
    Maureen O'Sullivan
    Maureen O'Sullivan
    • Jane Bennet
    Ann Rutherford
    Ann Rutherford
    • Lydia Bennet
    Frieda Inescort
    Frieda Inescort
    • Miss Bingley
    Edmund Gwenn
    Edmund Gwenn
    • Mr. Bennet
    Karen Morley
    Karen Morley
    • Mrs. Collins
    Heather Angel
    Heather Angel
    • Kitty Bennet
    Marsha Hunt
    Marsha Hunt
    • Mary Bennet
    Melville Cooper
    Melville Cooper
    • Mr. Collins
    Edward Ashley
    Edward Ashley
    • Mr. Wickham
    Bruce Lester
    Bruce Lester
    • Mr. Bingley
    E.E. Clive
    E.E. Clive
    • Sir William Lucas
    Vernon Downing
    • Capt. Carter
    Marjorie Wood
    • Lady Lucas
    Marten Lamont
    Marten Lamont
    • Mr. Denny
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Aldous Huxley
      • Jane Murfin
      • Jane Austen
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    User reviews170

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    9dana-green-1

    Not True to the Book - But Who Cares?

    This film is really just 'based on' the novel and enthusiastically takes liberties with the costumes, characters, time period, etc. But if you can set aside your expectations of accuracy, and imagine this film as a stand-alone piece, you won't be disappointed. After all, if the basic Pyramus and Thisbe romance can be remade and reworked a hundred different ways, why shouldn't Bennet and Darcy? Aldous Huxley's screenplay is razor sharp, the plot gallops along, the characters are wisecracking and witty, and though I have probably watched this film more often than any other film I own, It still feels fresh and surprisingly modern. Only 'His Girl Friday' can best the deliciously quick dialog Huxley penned for his female lead.
    Calysta

    Delightful

    It does not run along the lines of the Jane Austen classic, but the 1940 movie was actually based on the stage adaption, eventually purchased by the MGM studio as what could have become another Norma Shearer expensive spectacle. Like many other projects at the studio, this collected dust after the death of Irving Thalberg, head of MGM.

    Thankfully, new casting was decided on. Shearer of course is really too old for the role. The result was what I believe to be one of the most memorable movies of the 1940s. Austen's classic comedy of manners still has all its light touches of romance and humour, with the horrors of English 1800s, loss of estate, inheritance and destined sinking with no worldly stature for a family of five girls with no male heirs.

    Amicably backed by a competent supporting cast including Edmund Gwenn and Mary Boland, the star of the show is really Greer Garson. Fresh from her successful debut as Robert Donat's wife in "Goodbye Mr Chips", Garson is really like Lizzy Bennett herself, charming, high spirited and strong willed. It is one of her best roles, just before she became the 'first lady' of MGM. Olivier, brooding and snobbish as the high classed Darcy, also performs well, but is still outshone by Garson.

    Tasteful sets, costumes, music and art decoration helped to make this such a huge success in its day. All the right elements of acting, script and direction have made this a production that should be better remembered. We don't relate to the dilemnas of costume period drama days, but "Pride and Prejudice" is great cinematically to have lost little of its charm or its timeless appeal.

    Rating: 9/10
    7FilmOtaku

    The original is the best

    Pride and Prejudice is a familiar story - if not read in high school literature class, one can see the theme in dozens of other films: A meddling mother tries to marry off her daughter(s) to "suitable" man, the man and woman fight and all turns out at the end with mayhem ensuing between the first and final acts.

    There have been several versions of Pride and Prejudice, two of which I had seen before this film and after viewing the 1940 version starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier it is clear that this is the standard. Is there a better actor than Olivier in these period dramas? And Greer Garson is radiant as Elizabeth. Their performances and the pace of the film is such that while I knew the story I was still sucked into the romance and laughter - not an easy task for a hard-core cynic like me. This movie garnered 4 stars and for good reason - if you are looking for a charming, witty and romantic film, this is a must-see.

    --Shelly
    6SMK-4

    Slightly Rushed

    This film version of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice is generally pleasant to watch. The cast is certainly glamorous and a slight change in the period moved the story into one with fancier costumes to look at. At a few places the plot had to be rushed a little to make it fit into two hours and the ending is also a touch happier than in the novel. Some critics lamented the slightly changed ending but this works actually very well for this medium. The rushed plot elements increase the overall pace but compromises somewhat the credibility of the characters, while the increased pace is at odds with the much more tranquil way of life in days gone by.

    Therefore, this is really watchable, but the definite version is the 1995 BBC mini series which is much closer to the novel as well.
    ahancock

    An affront to Austen, the viewer's intelligence, and all notions of human decency

    The last movie I watched before this one was the Mystery Science Theater edition of Devil Doll, and I'm hard pressed to say which movie has less to do with Jane Austen. Everything about this film screams MGM Assembly-Line, from the astonishing banality of the script (Huxley Shmuxley!) to the insufferable "music" to the look-at-us-we're-vaguely-19th-century costumes. Olivier's performance is so fey it's a wonder he doesn't float off the screen, Garson tiptoes around Lizzy as though terrified she might say something offensive, and Melville Cooper accomplishes the superhuman task of making Mr. Collins unfunny. This monstrosity is to the 1995 BBC mini-series as a comic-book version is to the novel itself.

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    • Trivia
      According to Ann Rutherford, although the filmmakers were committed to begin shooting on a particular date, they discovered that producer David O. Selznick had used every available reel of Technicolor film in existence to make Autant en emporte le vent (1939). Therefore, despite the lavish sets and opulent costumes, this movie had to be shot in black-and-white.
    • Goofs
      Mrs. Bennet is seen steaming open the letter to Jane from Caroline Bingley. The envelope is a modern-day, gummed envelope fit for stationery letters. In 1815, the year the film takes place, letters would have been folded in and sealed with a wax seal. Gummed envelopes would not be invented for another 100 years.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Bennet: An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins. And I will never see you again if you do.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: It happened in OLD ENGLAND . . . . in the village of Meryton . . . .
    • Alternate versions
      There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "CIME TEMPESTOSE (1939) + ORGOGLIO E PREGIUDIZIO (1940)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
    • Soundtracks
      Flow Gently Sweet Afton
      (1786) (uncredited)

      Music by Alexander Hume

      Lyrics by Robert Burns (1786)

      Performed by Marsha Hunt

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Más fuerte que el orgullo
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Loew's
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,030,820
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 58m(118 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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