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A Woman's Face is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Cukor released in USA on 9 may 1941 with Joan Crawford
A Woman's Face (1941)
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Add to a movie listA Woman's Face is a 1941 film noir drama directed by George Cukor, starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer, who because of her appearance, despises everyone she encounters. When a plastic surgeon corrects this disfigurement, Anna becomes torn between the hope of starting a new life and a return to her dark past.
Most of the film is told in flashbacks as witnesses in a courtroom give their testimonies.
The screenplay was written by Donald Ogden Stewart, based on the play Il Etait Une Fois by Francis de Croisset. Another version of the story, a Swedish production, was filmed in 1938 as En Kvinnas Ansikte, starring Ingrid Bergman.
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Set in Sweden, the film is shown in flashbacks in the course of a trial in which a young woman with a half-hidden face, Anna Holm, is charged with murder. The events, as described by the witnesses, begin years before when aristocrat Torsten Barring hosts a party at a tavern. The guests include Vera, the faithless wife of noted plastic surgeon Gustaf Segert. When the tavern refuses to extend his credit, Torsten meets the proprietress Anna — whose face is badly scarred from a fire 22 years ago caused by her father. Torsten treats Anna as if she is beautiful and charming rather than scarred and unpleasant. Anna is suspicious, and Torsten implies that he may need her help in the future.Actors
Joan Crawford
(Anna Holm)
Melvyn Douglas
(Dr. Gustaf Segert)
Conrad Veidt
(Torsten Barring)
Reginald Owen
(Bernard Dalvik)
Albert Bassermann
(Consul Magnus Barring)
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