A Cottage on Dartmoor
1929·Thriller·1h 28m
7.1
★
A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
Directed by Anthony Asquith
jealousy
love triangle
silent film
barbershop
manicurist
escaped prisoner
isolated house
devon
dartmoor
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Cast
Norah Baring
Sally, a Manicurist
Uno Henning
Joe, a Barber's Assistant
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Harry, a Dartmoor Farmer
Anthony Asquith
Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Crew
Anthony Asquith
Director
Anthony Asquith
Writer
Axel Lindblom
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
10 reviews
A
6.0★ · 02/03/26
Idea: everyone leaves Sally alone
Idea: everyone leaves Sally alone
em hou
10.0★ · 02/14/25
true devotion
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true devotion
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Kayli Williams
5.0★ · 01/14/25
Bleh
Bleh
Jonathan
8.0★ · 03/21/24
A Cottage on Dartmoor marks my final planned viewing of 1929 for my *Cinema History Project*, thus finishing up the 1920's. And what a personal milestone it is.
It has taken me almost two years to reach this point with a 169 films watched between 1900 and 1929; 124 of them released in the 1920's. I must admit that it's taking me a little longer than I first anticipated, but my commitment to the project does vary a lot. I also only expected to watch perhaps a couple of films from each year, but as I reached the 1920's I averaged at 10-20 films a year, sometimes more.
Nonetheless, It's good feeling to have come this far, and a perfect film to end the 1920's on. Cool, silent and heavily stylized. Here comes the 1930's.
It has taken me almost two years to reach this point with a 169 films watched between 1900 and 1929; 124 of them released in the 1920's. I must admit that it's taking me a little longer than I first anticipated, but my commitment to the project does vary a lot. I also only expected to watch perhaps a couple of films from each year, but as I reached the 1920's I averaged at 10-20 films a year, sometimes more.
Nonetheless, It's good feeling to have come this far, and a perfect film to end the 1920's on. Cool, silent and heavily stylized. Here comes the 1930's.
A Cottage on Dartmoor marks my final planned viewing of 1929 for my *Cinema History Project*, thus finishing up the 1920's. And what a personal milestone it is.
It has taken me almost two years to reach this point with a 169 films watched between 1900 and 1929; 124 of them released in the 1920's. I must admit that it's taking me a little longer than I first anticipated, but my commitment to the project does vary a lot. I also only expected to watch perhaps a couple of films from each year, but as I reached the 1920's I averaged at 10-20 films a year, sometimes more.
Nonetheless, It's good feeling to have come this far, and a perfect film to end the 1920's on. Cool, silent and heavily stylized. Here comes the 1930's.
It has taken me almost two years to reach this point with a 169 films watched between 1900 and 1929; 124 of them released in the 1920's. I must admit that it's taking me a little longer than I first anticipated, but my commitment to the project does vary a lot. I also only expected to watch perhaps a couple of films from each year, but as I reached the 1920's I averaged at 10-20 films a year, sometimes more.
Nonetheless, It's good feeling to have come this far, and a perfect film to end the 1920's on. Cool, silent and heavily stylized. Here comes the 1930's.
Sarah
9.0★ · 09/19/22
I'm not sure how I've never heard of this before, but it's a masterpiece of silent cinema as far as I'm concerned.
This is a deeply moving and disturbing look at jealousy which takes us into the mind of an obsessive and jealous man. His feelings can be deeply felt by the audience; this is assisted by simply stunning cinematography. It really feels like the best of what silent cinema has to offer- the visual storytelling and use of montages and suggestion to push the story along is very, very strong.
If you don't see anything else from this movie, please watch the scene where the characters are at a sound movie. It's probably my favorite scene- the elements I described above are present, but it's also kind of bittersweet to think of this movie as one of the last of its kind.
This is a deeply moving and disturbing look at jealousy which takes us into the mind of an obsessive and jealous man. His feelings can be deeply felt by the audience; this is assisted by simply stunning cinematography. It really feels like the best of what silent cinema has to offer- the visual storytelling and use of montages and suggestion to push the story along is very, very strong.
If you don't see anything else from this movie, please watch the scene where the characters are at a sound movie. It's probably my favorite scene- the elements I described above are present, but it's also kind of bittersweet to think of this movie as one of the last of its kind.
I'm not sure how I've never heard of this before, but it's a masterpiece of silent cinema as far as I'm concerned.
This is a deeply moving and disturbing look at jealousy which takes us into the mind of an obsessive and jealous man. His feelings can be deeply felt by the audience; this is assisted by simply stunning cinematography. It really feels like the best of what silent cinema has to offer- the visual storytelling and use of montages and suggestion to push the story along is very, very strong.
If you don't see anything else from this movie, please watch the scene where the characters are at a sound movie. It's probably my favorite scene- the elements I described above are present, but it's also kind of bittersweet to think of this movie as one of the last of its kind.
This is a deeply moving and disturbing look at jealousy which takes us into the mind of an obsessive and jealous man. His feelings can be deeply felt by the audience; this is assisted by simply stunning cinematography. It really feels like the best of what silent cinema has to offer- the visual storytelling and use of montages and suggestion to push the story along is very, very strong.
If you don't see anything else from this movie, please watch the scene where the characters are at a sound movie. It's probably my favorite scene- the elements I described above are present, but it's also kind of bittersweet to think of this movie as one of the last of its kind.