A young composer and pianist Olwen Trevelyan troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. As years pass Olwen's sister Julia obsessively keeps her memory alive. The young composer gains posthumous fame because of her tragic death and her haunting unfinished composition The Dream of Olwen. 25 years later still mourning the death of her composer sister Julia believes she has returned reincarnated in an amnesiac woman who chances upon her house seeking help... Contains the haunting... music The Dream of Olwen composed by Charles Williams. [show more]
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British psychological thriller from the late 1940s. In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her. Charles Williams provides the eerie soundtrack.
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