] His daredevil face is alternately illuminated and darkened - foretelling his own destiny - as he passes through shadows cast by roadside trees.In the story set in mid-19th century New York City (1850s), the ""heiress"" was a mid-20s, plain, repressed, shy and virginal Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland).He picked the evil Emperor up, lifted him above his head, and hurled him down into a deep shaft in the Death Star, where his body exploded in a blast of energy.She would win a few years later for Lean""sDoctor Zhivago (1965).Plot SynopsisThe film opens with a jaunty British march prologue o a black screen for about 5 minutes (much like2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)did withAtmospheres).