Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession (1954) is a Universal International Pictures romantic feature film directed by Douglas Sirk; starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. The screenplay was written by Robert Blees and Wells Root, after the book Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film was produced by Ross Hunter. Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the Greek legend of Alcestis. Spoiled playboy Robert Merrick's (Rock Hudson) reckl... more

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  • Aug 4, 1954

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  • 1 h 48 min

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Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck on 26 April 1900 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s. Sirk was born Hans Detlef Sierck in Hamburg, Germany to Danish parents. He was raised in Denmark, but later moved to Germany as a...

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