With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten—a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the great house's current occupants. With an eerie presentiment of evil tightening her heart, the second Mrs.
Adaptations (7)
Rebecca has been adapted 7 times, across film, television film, and miniseries, from 1940 to 2020.
Rebecca1940 · film · 130 min · dir. Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb ↗Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
Rebecca1962 · television film · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.
Rebecca1979 · television film · 205 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.2Rebecca is a four-part British television miniseries dramatised by Hugh Whitemore, adapted from Daphne du Maurier's eponymous 1938 mystery novel (which had famously been interpreted to film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940). A naive young woman marries a wealthy widower, but grows haunted by his late wife's legacy and the sinister housekeeper's obsession with the deceased Rebecca.
Rebecca1997 · television film · 182 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.3Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim De Winter marries a woman half his age only a year after his first wife, the beautiful and accomplished Rebecca, dies. She finds herself in an aristocratic social world her middle class upbringing did not prepare her for, and housekeeper Mrs Danvers despises her for taking her darling Rebecca's place. But these are not the only problems to face...
Anamika2008 · film · dir. Anant Mahadevan · IMDb ↗IMDb3.8Anamika is a Bollywood film starring Dino Morea, Minissha Lamba and Koena Mitra in the lead roles. It is written and directed by Anant Mahadevan and produced by Bhanwar Lal Sharma. It is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's film Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca, la prima moglie2008 · miniseries · dir. Riccardo Milani · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4A naive young woman moves into the mansion that belongs to her new husband, a rich widower. She soon realizes the memory of his deceased first wife maintains a grip on her husband, as well as the staff of servants.
Rebecca2020 · film · 123 min · dir. Ben Wheatley · IMDb ↗After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
