UNITED STATES · 1946

Dragonwyck

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Classical Hollywood class conflict gothic mansion social climbing governess aristocracy
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Synopsis

A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

Year1946
CountryUnited States
DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz
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