After the death of his beautiful wife, Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he marries a quiet and ordinary young woman who is very different from his first wife. Maxim takes her back to England – to Manderley, his lovely country house.
At Manderley Rebecca is still everyone's thoughts – including Maxim's – and the new Mrs de Winter begins to feel that she will never be able to equal Rebecca. Then one day a discovery is made – and the young Mrs de Winter begins to understand why Rebecca is still so important to all those at Manderley.