Am I the only one who thinks a lot of 1980s period dramas adapted from classic literature are the most enjoyable ones to watch? Jane Eyre (1983) and this version of My Cousin Rachel are some of them 😍😘
You're definitely not the only one... I absolutely adore these... I've been watching them for the last three years.... but a lot of them are not available in South Africa... I have no idea why... anyway: ENJOY!!! ❤️
I'm a major fan of the Burton/de Havilland version but this one seems very well put together. I think the story is a little better told so I'm keen on watching part 2, But in no way, however good this turns out, can it overcome the supreme acting advantage that the 1952 has. I can't think of any actor who, as a young man, was so gifted as Burton. And de Havilland was a classic Hollywood actress for the ages. Thanks very much for the upload.
With all the dreck being put out on DVD, it may seem odd that this excellent series has never been released on either VHS or DVD. It is probably for the same reasons that the even more magnificent BBC adaptation of "Rebecca" with Jeremy Brett and Joanna David has never been released: some complicated legal dispute over rights to the material. For whatever reason it is a pity, because "My Cousin Rachel" and "Rebecca" both deserve to be seen in fully restored DVD editions.
THis is the kind of film that I like and if Jeremy Bret plays in Rebecca I d like to see that too, thank you (you tube) for opening my eyes to a world That I didn t know it existed, lovexxx
very good adaptation, thanks so much for the upload...the house is how I imagined it would be,tho the actress playing Rachel isn't as good as Olivia De Havilland was in that role.
But she is Geraldine Chaplin...not less. I would say she's playing with great subtlety. In the book you cannot decide whether Rachel is good or bad: thus, Geraldine has to be ambiguous. It was the first book I read in english, and I find this version the closest to the book, by far.
Tough crowd here notwithstanding this version of MCR is all free. Perhaps those who did not think this production was up to snuff should simply have stopped watching. I'm with glassheartnerd--"most enjoyable...."
Your taste seems to have soured so that you smear anyone who dares to disagree with you. This production is like a bad school play compared to the Burton-deHavilland masterpiece of the 1950s. This version just plods along very tediously.
The BBC really did make some great period dramas throughout the 1970s and 1980s. I don't really like any of the BBC period dramas these days, there rubbish in my opinion except made Call The Midwife which i don't mind. My Cousin Rachel is another classic BBC period drama from 1983 it's a huge pity that it has never been released on DVD by the BBC or at least Acorn Media which have released a number of old classic BBC period dramas like "By The Sword Divided". The BBC's adaption of My Cousin Rachel really has been been forgotten about and If it has not been released on DVD so far then where did these copies come from?. It's a pity there is no end credits on each episode except the final instalment.
Thatcher began the defunding of BBC Drama to appease her number one fan, Rupert Murdoch. Here is the quality that was just normal television regularly employing outstanding actors and their creative crews. Now we have to be grateful for a 'Christmas Special' of "Call the Midwife".
+Carolyn Argabright to me she is like him.i looked now and you are right.but it is the first time i see the mother fotos.and i trust my instinct about her and father.....the eyes,the sunsken cheeks
Saw this version years ago and just saw the 2017 version of My Cousin Rachel. Neither can hold a candle to the classic performances of Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland in the 1952 film. Both were perfect in their roles.The 1983 version is faithful to the du Maurier novel but the acting is poor. The 2017 version has fair acting but deviates in many ways, major and minor, from the book's plot. I wish someone would upload a good clear version of the 1952 My Cousin Rachel to you tube soon.
You are in LUCK - the 1952 full length version with Olivia DeHavilland and Richard Burton DEFINITELY IS on You Tube - for free - there is also the "pay for it" version on You Tube - a quick search and you will immediately find it. The 1952 version is spellbinding and although 70 years old, not remotely dated - it still holds up and brilliant performances by the two leads - Richard Burton was only a mere 27 years old when it was filmed and at the very very start of his film career, relatively unknown in the USA - he is absolutely mesmerizing and INCREDIBLY sexy at the height of his youth - he absolutely SMOLDERS as Lord Sexitude - His Holy Hotness - oozing male pulchritude and sex appeal.....which makes it even more frustrating for the viewer WHY OR WHY doesn't Rachel just marry the besotted tormented man? Burton gives a masterful performance and portrays his character as utterly obsessed, besotted, bewitched by his mysterious cousin Rachel. At times he seems a bit of a madman, and at other times just so tormented while Rachel more or less strings him along - he is full of fury, passion, torment, brooding - very much in the mode of Lord Byron - a brilliant but doomed tragic hero. The ending is very complicated and leaves the viewer perpetually wondering - along with tormented Phillip wondering for the rest of his life - was Rachel an innocent or just a scheming manipulator? We will never know.
There are so many beautiful-to-watch period dramas on YT. The stone-cold, hard-faced lead actress creates an unpleasant viewer experience. She lacks any chemistry between herself, and the male lead. A deeply flawed film! I watched Part I, and could not continue. The miscast lead actors spoil what might otherwise have been another enjoyable period drama.
Interesting idea. Good game actors. Оperator works fine, scenery me very interesting was observed. Storyline, there is, but I would beat her more tragic way.
I agree. I always thought Christopher Guard was a handsome actor. The first time I saw him was in "The Tempest" with Michael Hordern as Prospero and Christopher as Ferdinand playing the love interest to Miranda played by Pippa Guard, Christopher's actual cousin. Such a handsome guy with such an appealing voice.
Phillip did not go to visit Ambrose's grave before he left Florence? So strange. Is it so in the book? I have not read it. Maybe an error on the part of the writer who adapted the novel for the teleplay.
Omygawd.......Episode 1 is a real "Snooze-fest" and slogs along quite tediously, slow and dull for a full 46 minutes until Rachel and Phillip have their very first meeting. Although I adore Geraldine Chaplin and HER performance DOES manage to lighten up this turgid, boring film - I don't know if I can continue to slog through two more episodes. It is really ghastly compared to the brilliant 1952 original with smoldering, scintillating Richard Burton - he is a mere 27 years old and at the very height of his youth - I could not take my eyes off of him! His performance is mesmerizing - all fire, fury, passion - at some times he seems quite a a madman - and in other scenes, he is so enamoroured, besotted and bewitched by his cousin Rachel - all the pathos, torment Phillip has - Richard Burton absolutely NAILED IT. Combined with Olivia DeHavilland and an outstanding supporting cast - even though in black and white and 70 years old - the 1952 orginal is ten million times better than the 1983 BBC version which really quite frankly is a thumping bore. I love Geraldine Chaplin - but don't think I can bear to slog through another two hours of this muddled mess........I'd rather check the book out of the library and rekindle this world class tale of pathos, torment, tragedy and ill fated lovers.
I'm sorry but I can spot the plot to it's end from the first episode. Maybe it's my own mind but obviously Rachel killed the cousin and has plans on driving his nephew crazy as well, then off him in the same way with the excuse of a brain tumor but not before he falls in love with her and agrees to marry her. I'll continue watching the series just to see if I'm right.
If you read the book you would know that there was no way at all in DuMaurier's book to know for certain, and I repeat for certain, that Rachel was innocent or guilty. The author cleverly balanced everything negative about Rachel with something equally as positive. I don't know why people waste their time trying to figure out if she's evil or not. Most likely DuMaurier had no interest in clarifying this because she was masterfully working on keeping Rachel's evil and goodness balanced. And she did that so well that people are still wasting their time trying to decide now, 66 years later. Well done, Dame DuMaurier.
@@lindamoggioable Have you ever considered that the author masterfully kept Rachel's evil and goodness balanced in order to further the READER"S enjoyment in contemplating the truth and reasoning it out for themselves? Hence, what you call a "waste of time" others might consider ENJOYMENT and could possibly have been the INTENT of the author. Just a suggestion. Everyone has a right to their own opinion.
The actor playing Signor Rainaldi has a funny intonation. He probably did his level best to sound like an Italian, but he just ended up sounding pathetically ridiculous. Worst caricature of an Italian accent I’ve ever heard.
Peasants hardly found a chance to write about their miserable lives. Thats why we often see mansions and estates in these surviving stories of the past.
Very depressing to watch. Truly disheartening and I've no idea, why anyone would film such a thing. Hoped for something beautiful, but stopped halfway, as it didn't come.
The Novel is Horrible Extremely Overrated as is this and every other version of it on Film. It is Horrible because it is poorly written. The Characters are extremely unrealistic. The Writing is Manipulating. The Author doesn't create a Mystery or anything convincing she has the main characters behave one way than another (Schizophrenia) for No credible reason other than to propel her contrived story. Neither men as she wrote them would be interested in Rachel they were both sworn bachelors. She would Not have had a chance with either one of them. I hate it when writers go to great lengths to establish Characters than have them do a 180, to make the Plot they want possible. This is completely manipulative and BAD writing.
Am I the only one who thinks a lot of 1980s period dramas adapted from classic literature are the most enjoyable ones to watch? Jane Eyre (1983) and this version of My Cousin Rachel are some of them 😍😘
Used to be closer to the book!
Absolutely agree
You're definitely not the only one... I absolutely adore these... I've been watching them for the last three years.... but a lot of them are not available in South Africa... I have no idea why... anyway: ENJOY!!! ❤️
Agreed I too love them!👍
It might add a je ne sais quoi of nostalgia.
I'm a major fan of the Burton/de Havilland version but this one seems very well put together. I think the story is a little better told so I'm keen on watching part 2, But in no way, however good this turns out, can it overcome the supreme acting advantage that the 1952 has. I can't think of any actor who, as a young man, was so gifted as Burton. And de Havilland was a classic Hollywood actress for the ages. Thanks very much for the upload.
Just found this. Looking forward to watching it when I have a relaxing afternoon to do so.
Any series adapted by Hugh Whitmore was always good news in 70's and 80's
I have read all of Daphne Du Marrier novels...Rebecca Glass blowers ...My cousin Rachel...it's great to watch the adaptation..enjoying...❤
Thanks so much, always good to see great acting xoxo
😢 finding this boring 🥱🥱😴😴.
Poor quality visual and sound.
I'M WATCHING BERKLEY STREET, IT'S WONDERFUL 💓🌺😊
@@jasanders5877 will check it out
Wow my mind is blown I'm a super fan of this story I didn't know that they made I film in 1983
Who's watching in 2021💖
@Ashley Smith. I am ,also
watching the 2017 version on Channel 4.😔🙋🇬🇧
2023
2024
Only just found this ! Thanks for sharing, will give my wife something to watch while she waits for Poldark to return...................
Love this ! Thank you
Thanks so much for the upload! :D
Lovely clear words 💚
Damn I was almost asleep when he yelled out "HELLO!" at 18.20, I thought someone was in my house :O
harpy choir thankyou that was a cute comment
Haha, same here !
monika liepa .
Haha! You made me fast forward to 18:20 just to see that part!
😂😂😂
This exact film I want wach in raining day &winter cold oerfect!!!😍😍
I'm watching it in cold rainy weather at the moment with a cup of hot goodness☕️
I'm really enjoy these uploads. Thx very much. I'm hooked! From down under! 👇💜🙃
Thank you.
Have a great day.
Another British film good cast
Splendid
Currently got 20 minutes left of the audio book. I'd read that the recent film adaptation was pretty bad so searched on TH-cam and found this!
excellent 👍
Great movie
With all the dreck being put out on DVD, it may seem odd that this excellent series has never been released on either VHS or DVD. It is probably for the same reasons that the even more magnificent BBC adaptation of "Rebecca" with Jeremy Brett and Joanna David has never been released: some complicated legal dispute over rights to the material. For whatever reason it is a pity, because "My Cousin Rachel" and "Rebecca" both deserve to be seen in fully restored DVD editions.
+suemiller1000 Actually, it is "dreck." Anglicized version of a German word for excrement.
I loved Rebecca such a remarkable film...
Dreck means dirt, not excrement
It can also mean trash, or garbage.
callasite55
Plp
I am reading the book at the same time which makes it more interesting to watch.
The book is so good.
thanks
I love Geraldine
georgous !!!
Charlie Chaplin's daughter is a great actress. Like her in Dr Zhivago
THis is the kind of film that I like and if Jeremy Bret plays in Rebecca I d like to see that too, thank you (you tube) for opening my eyes to a world
That I didn t know it existed, lovexxx
very good adaptation, thanks so much for the upload...the house is how I imagined it would be,tho the actress playing Rachel isn't as good as Olivia De Havilland was in that role.
But she is Geraldine Chaplin...not less. I would say she's playing with great subtlety. In the book you cannot decide whether Rachel is good or bad: thus, Geraldine has to be ambiguous. It was the first book I read in english, and I find this version the closest to the book, by far.
Olivia de Havilland is one of my favourite actresses -- her version of Rachel was AMAZING. Geraldine Chaplin? Not so much.
May be Olivia de Havilland is a good actress...OK, but Geraldine Chaplin is beyond an actress, she's a Chaplin...
Tough crowd here notwithstanding this version of MCR is all free. Perhaps those who did not think this production was up to snuff should simply have stopped watching. I'm with glassheartnerd--"most enjoyable...."
Your taste seems to have soured so that you smear anyone who dares to disagree with you. This production is like a bad school play compared to the Burton-deHavilland masterpiece of the 1950s. This version just plods along very tediously.
@@jm08050 Huh? "Smear"? You might consider checking a dictionary for the meaning of the word.
Hermosa pelicula puede ser en español latino gracias
The BBC really did make some great period dramas throughout the 1970s and 1980s. I don't really like any of the BBC period dramas these days, there rubbish in my opinion except made Call The Midwife which i don't mind. My Cousin Rachel is another classic BBC period drama from 1983 it's a huge pity that it has never been released on DVD by the BBC or at least Acorn Media which have released a number of old classic BBC period dramas like "By The Sword Divided". The BBC's adaption of My Cousin Rachel really has been been forgotten about and If it has not been released on DVD so far then where did these copies come from?. It's a pity there is no end credits on each episode except the final instalment.
Here here dear boy!
this is now a new movie 2017
Thatcher began the defunding of BBC Drama to appease her number one fan, Rupert Murdoch.
Here is the quality that was just normal television regularly employing outstanding actors and their creative crews. Now we have to be grateful for a 'Christmas Special' of "Call the Midwife".
If only she had succeeded in defunding the Woke BBC which gets worse every day.
geraldine looks so much like her father,its like looking at him and i am waiting for some good old laughs
+Haim Levy Geralsine Chaplin looks exactly, like her mother, Oona O' Neill.
+Carolyn Argabright to me she is like him.i looked now and you are right.but it is the first time i see the mother fotos.and i trust my instinct about her and father.....the eyes,the sunsken cheeks
+Haim Levy She was in Dr Zhivago.... as beautiful as ever.
Carolyn Argabright oh she is the spitting image of her mother. Most definitely.
Saw this version years ago and just saw the 2017 version of My Cousin Rachel. Neither can hold a candle to the classic performances of Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland in the 1952 film. Both were perfect in their roles.The 1983 version is faithful to the du Maurier novel but the acting is poor. The 2017 version has fair acting but deviates in many ways, major and minor, from the book's plot. I wish someone would upload a good clear version of the 1952 My Cousin Rachel to you tube soon.
Yes, I agree, very much so...
Se never saw the countestes beautiful gard en her Villa...
@@krakerkrunch Yes, it's painfully obvious. This version is tedious.
You are in LUCK - the 1952 full length version with Olivia DeHavilland and Richard Burton DEFINITELY IS on You Tube - for free - there is also the "pay for it" version on You Tube - a quick search and you will immediately find it. The 1952 version is spellbinding and although 70 years old, not remotely dated - it still holds up and brilliant performances by the two leads - Richard Burton was only a mere 27 years old when it was filmed and at the very very start of his film career, relatively unknown in the USA - he is absolutely mesmerizing and INCREDIBLY sexy at the height of his youth - he absolutely SMOLDERS as Lord Sexitude - His Holy Hotness - oozing male pulchritude and sex appeal.....which makes it even more frustrating for the viewer WHY OR WHY doesn't Rachel just marry the besotted tormented man? Burton gives a masterful performance and portrays his character as utterly obsessed, besotted, bewitched by his mysterious cousin Rachel. At times he seems a bit of a madman, and at other times just so tormented while Rachel more or less strings him along - he is full of fury, passion, torment, brooding - very much in the mode of Lord Byron - a brilliant but doomed tragic hero. The ending is very complicated and leaves the viewer perpetually wondering - along with tormented Phillip wondering for the rest of his life - was Rachel an innocent or just a scheming manipulator? We will never know.
where'd the sound go? it's not my laptop....frustrating!
There are so many beautiful-to-watch period dramas on YT.
The stone-cold, hard-faced lead actress creates an unpleasant viewer experience. She lacks any chemistry between herself, and the male lead.
A deeply flawed film! I watched Part I, and could not continue. The miscast lead actors spoil what might otherwise have been another enjoyable period drama.
A young Englishman becomes convinced that his friend and guardian has been murdered by his mysterious second wife. - from IMDB
Pongan subtítulos en español gracias
oh darn it. The Italian needed sub titles. disappointment.
Jim Hawkins, I remember from Return to the treasure island.
Why is the back ground always so loud in these English movies🙉 If the tumor didn’t get him the noise of the bugs would😂😊
I see there is a current remake. I'm inclined to watch tis 4 parter first.....
The 2017 version yes
There is also the old big screen version starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton.
Me fue imposible verla, por la mala traducción.
Guys, do you have the pdf os this book?
is this the original
Interesting idea. Good game actors. Оperator works fine, scenery me very interesting was observed. Storyline, there is, but I would beat her more tragic way.
Duchess of Duke Street
sudden notice that there is not much background music 😂😂 but still a good series
very sudden:-)you forgot nature sounds.
Best ghost story ever, Whistle And I'll Come To You, directed by Johnathan Miller. No music just the sound of fear, gulp!!!!!
I personally find certain background music intrusive.
😢 No se activan los subtítulos en español
I am a 34:39 and I can tell there is something wrong. Trickery!!
PÔR FAVOR POSTAR OS FILMES EM PORTUGUÊS OU CASTELHANO VCS PODEM PERDER SEGUIDORES .
Sottotitoli grazie
Deve attivare i sottotitoli in inglese e poi la traduzione automatica
Deve attivare i sottotitoli in inglese e poi la traduzione automatica
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Christopher's a hot puppy
I agree. I always thought Christopher Guard was a handsome actor. The first time I saw him was in "The Tempest" with Michael Hordern as Prospero and Christopher as Ferdinand playing the love interest to Miranda played by Pippa Guard, Christopher's actual cousin. Such a handsome guy with such an appealing voice.
I came here to learn British accent
Don’t be stupid,there’s no such thing as the British accent.
You must mean,the English accent.
agree callasite55
Phillip did not go to visit Ambrose's grave before he left Florence? So strange. Is it so in the book? I have not read it. Maybe an error on the part of the writer who adapted the novel for the teleplay.
Omygawd.......Episode 1 is a real "Snooze-fest" and slogs along quite tediously, slow and dull for a full 46 minutes until Rachel and Phillip have their very first meeting. Although I adore Geraldine Chaplin and HER performance DOES manage to lighten up this turgid, boring film - I don't know if I can continue to slog through two more episodes.
It is really ghastly compared to the brilliant 1952 original with smoldering, scintillating Richard Burton - he is a mere 27 years old and at the very height of his youth - I could not take my eyes off of him! His performance is mesmerizing - all fire, fury, passion - at some times he seems quite a a madman - and in other scenes, he is so enamoroured, besotted and bewitched by his cousin Rachel - all the pathos, torment Phillip has - Richard Burton absolutely NAILED IT. Combined with Olivia DeHavilland and an outstanding supporting cast - even though in black and white and 70 years old - the 1952 orginal is ten million times better than the 1983 BBC version which really quite frankly is a thumping bore.
I love Geraldine Chaplin - but don't think I can bear to slog through another two hours of this muddled mess........I'd rather check the book out of the library and rekindle this world class tale of pathos, torment, tragedy and ill fated lovers.
I'm sorry but I can spot the plot to it's end from the first episode. Maybe it's my own mind but obviously Rachel killed the cousin and has plans on driving his nephew crazy as well, then off him in the same way with the excuse of a brain tumor but not before he falls in love with her and agrees to marry her. I'll continue watching the series just to see if I'm right.
If you read the book you would know that there was no way at all in DuMaurier's book to know for certain, and I repeat for certain, that Rachel was innocent or guilty. The author cleverly balanced everything negative about Rachel with something equally as positive. I don't know why people waste their time trying to figure out if she's evil or not. Most likely DuMaurier had no interest in clarifying this because she was masterfully working on keeping Rachel's evil and goodness balanced. And she did that so well that people are still wasting their time trying to decide now, 66 years later. Well done, Dame DuMaurier.
Beauty about TH-cam is you can skip to the last episode which I'm going to do😁
@@lindamoggioable Have you ever considered that the author masterfully kept Rachel's evil and goodness balanced in order to further the READER"S enjoyment in contemplating the truth and reasoning it out for themselves? Hence, what you call a "waste of time" others might consider ENJOYMENT and could possibly have been the INTENT of the author. Just a suggestion. Everyone has a right to their own opinion.
@@lindamoggioable Black Widow's are rare but they do exist, Elizabeth Montgomery RIP last Role was of one who killed 3 Husbands !
WRONG!!
The actor playing Signor Rainaldi has a funny intonation. He probably did his level best to sound like an Italian, but he just ended up sounding pathetically ridiculous. Worst caricature of an Italian accent I’ve ever heard.
Peasants hardly found a chance to write about their miserable lives. Thats why we often see mansions and estates in these surviving stories of the past.
nothing worse then using foreign language in a film with no subtitles!
Very depressing to watch. Truly disheartening and I've no idea, why anyone would film such a thing.
Hoped for something beautiful, but stopped halfway, as it didn't come.
Fuji film. Always too much green.
Zzzzzz... Seemed painfully slow and boring, so I read a few comments and switched to the 1952 movie version.
Puro inglés
Not to bad1233556mincraft
Very cunning woman to 2 unsuspecting men
Not as good as the one with Richard Burton. They can not make good films anymore.
Philip Ashley not a pleasant man lol
Not as good as the book by a long chork
Why is it so boring? Has no life in it at all.
The Novel is Horrible Extremely Overrated as is this and every other version of it on Film. It is Horrible because it is poorly written. The Characters are extremely unrealistic.
The Writing is Manipulating. The Author doesn't create a Mystery or anything convincing she has the main characters behave one way than another (Schizophrenia) for No credible reason other than to propel her contrived story.
Neither men as she wrote them would be interested in Rachel they were both sworn bachelors. She would Not have had a chance with either one of them.
I hate it when writers go to great lengths to establish Characters than have them do a 180, to make the Plot they want possible. This is completely manipulative and BAD writing.
Raduscanla al Español latino