The Woman in the House (1942)
6.5
/10 By 3 Votes
Overview : This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.
Release Date : May 9, 1942
Runtime : 11m
Genre : Drama
Companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : fear, recluse, reclusiveness, anthropophobia
