Adaptaciones de Daphne Du Maurier Sinopsis Al poco tiempo de perder a su esposa Rebeca, el aristócrata inglés Maxim De Winter conoce en Montecarlo a una joven humilde, dama de compañía de una señora americana. Rebecca was a novel written by Daphne Du Maurier and published in 1938. It is a story about a young girl who married a widower Maxim De Winter and had to live in a huge mansion under the immense shadow of De Winter’s first wife. Michael Hann: The director had to remove the one murder that takes place in Daphne du Maurier's story – but still created one of his creepiest, most oppressive films DreamWorks and Working Title plan new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, made famous by Hitchcock's 1940 film Published: 10 Feb 2012 Rebecca remake in the works But, I couldn’t finish it. I remember trying to read this novel when I was a teenager. Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick.The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, were based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. Daphne du Maurier, author of the famous novels, 'Jamaica Inn', 'Frenchman's Creek' and Rebecca', was inspired by her love of Cornwall where she lived and wrote «Anoche soñé que volvía a Manderley...» Nadie que conozca la película basada en esta novela podrá olvidar la voz en off que recita la frase inicial de la obra más lograda de Daphne du Maurier: Rebeca.Así comienzan los recuerdos de la segunda señora De Winter, que la transportan de nuevo a la aislada y gris mansión situada en la húmeda y ventosa costa de Cornualles. De Winter y la joven se casan y se van a vivir a Inglaterra, a la mansión de Manderley, residencia habitual de Maxim.