The orchid dancer

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Movie
German title The orchid dancer
Original title La danseuse Orchidée
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1928
length 60 minutes
Rod
Director Léonce Perret
script Léonce Perret
production Franco Films
camera Léonce-Henri Burel
René Colas
occupation

The Orchid Dancer is a French silent film melodrama from 1928. Louise Lagrange plays the title role, directed by Léonce Perret . The story is based on the novel of the same name by Jean-Joseph Renaud .

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Born in Baskin, Luisa Irriguoyen comes back to her small home village after years of absence to visit her old mother. She pretends to work as a teacher in Paris. Her old childhood friend Jean Barliave, who earns his living as a notary's assistant, still has strong feelings for the attractive young woman, who secretly reciprocates them. When Jean sees that he could be successful with his wooing for her, he asks Luisa for her hand. In a fit of panic at the end of the day, however, she immediately travels back to Paris and tells him in a letter that she could never become his wife. Jean cannot come to terms with this decision, leaves his Basque village and follows Luisa to Paris. Everywhere he goes he sees a poster emblazoned with Luisa's body: she is advertised as an exotic dancer, as “La danseuse Orchidée”. Jean enters her cloakroom, where he meets his great love. She admits that she is the orchid dancer and that she only claimed, for the sake of the old mother, that she was a more serious teacher.

Once again he asks Luisa to come with him. He has found a good job in Texas and wants to take her there as his wife. But Luisa, who earns well with her dance job here, rejects him again, especially since he insists on wanting her all to herself from now on. Now Jean is lost because he does not want to leave without her, and instead remains alone in Paris. He is feeling bad, hungry and soon seems to be exhausted. But as fate plays out: One day Jean meets the well-known film actress Maryse Laborde, who introduces him to her circles, where the good-looking young man quickly makes a career as a screen idol. Out of gratitude he shows his affection to the somewhat older Maryse. Maryse adores "her" Jean, but when he meets Luisa again one day, the old flame of passion between the two flares up again. He follows the orchid dancer to a guest performance in Nice, where he saves her life in a theater fire. Maryse realizes that no sheet of paper can fit between these two lovers and finally releases Jean.

Production notes

The orchid dancer was created in the winter of 1927/28 and was premiered on April 29, 1928. The German and Austrian premieres took place in late autumn (November / December) of the same year.

The film constructions come from Henri Ménessier and Jacques-Laurent Atthalin.

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