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Original title: Of Human Bondage

1964
Approved
1h 40m

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6.5/10

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Medical Drama Period Drama Drama

A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.

Directors
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Bryan Forbes
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

Directors
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Bryan Forbes
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 nominations total

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Kim Novak

Mildred Rogers

Laurence Harvey

Philip Carey

Robert Morley

Dr. Jacobs

Siobhan McKenna

Nora Nesbitt

Roger Livesey

Thorpe Athelny

Jack Hedley

Griffiths

Nanette Newman

Sally Athelny

Ronald Lacey

'Matty' Mathews

Olive White

Griffith's Girlfriend

Norman Smythe

Cadaver Room Attendant

David Morris

Young Phillip Carey

Anthony Booth

Martin
(uncredited)

Terry Clinton

Barmaid
(uncredited)

May Cluskey

Sister
(uncredited)

Martin Crosbie

Lab Technician
(uncredited)

Alex Dignam

Student
(uncredited)

Michael Doolan

Boy With Club Foot
(uncredited)

Bryan Forbes

Medical Student
(uncredited)

Directors
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Bryan Forbes
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Trivia
This was something of a catastrophe for MGM. Filming began early in 1963, but Henry Hathaway resigned as director and Bryan Forbes, who had a prominent supporting role, did a week of directing before also leaving the film. He tried without success to have his credit as writer of the screenplay removed and was replaced as an actor by Jack Hedley. (However, Forbes can be glimpsed, more or less as an extra, in one or two scenes.) Ken Hughes finished the film and reportedly had a very bad time; the film was many months in the editing rooms and was not seen until late in 1964, nearly a year after its scheduled release date. It ran for only 99 minutes - a surprise, as the novel is about 800 pages. It was a commercial and critical disaster, being released in the UK on the lower half of a double-bill. It has only infrequently been seen since, even on TV.

Goofs
Although set in 1915 or thereabouts, Kim Novak sports the same tousled bouffant she wore in her contemporary films throughout the 1960s.

Quotes
Nora Nesbitt: You're well out of it.
Philip Carey: Out of what?
Nora Nesbitt: Whatever you came here to forget.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: In Search of Kim Novak (1964)

Soundtracks
Theme from Of Human Bondage
Written by Ron Goodwin
Performed by David Rose And His Orchestra

Captures the true essence of people

One of the best films I have yet seen. (Then again it helps if you have lived a life in strong coincidence with the lives portrayed; and not merely a commentator, a mere critic of film)

This film was my first introduction to Ms. Novak, and yes I admit I was, am, smitten. Ms. Novak brings great depth to her role, a woman seemingly comprised of true grit, this only serving to hide her truths, truth which she never admits to herself.

Love will always be an ever-spring subject, and morality tales their best method to ambitiously telling the nature of human pain and suffering, of which there is much of in this film. The tale of a woman always lost, a woman whose redemption lies solely with the only man that would ever truly Love her.

Love can be a grand thing, though so often, Love disposes of people with nary a backwards glance.