Madame Dubarry (1954)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Madame Dubarry |
| Original title | Madame du Barry |
| Country of production |
France Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christian-Jaque |
| script | Christian-Jaque Henri Jeanson Albert Valentin |
| production |
Robert Chabert Francis Cosne Georges Dancigers Georges Lourau Alexandre Mnouchkine Angelo Rizzoli |
| music | Georges Van Parys |
| camera | Christian Matras |
| cut | Jacques Desagneaux |
| occupation | |
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Madame Dubarry (original title: Madame du Barry ) is a French-Italian feature film by Christian-Jaque from 1954. He himself also wrote the screenplay with Henri Jeanson and Albert Valentin . The film deals with stages in the life of the historical Marie-Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry . The leading roles are cast with Martine Carol , Daniel Ivernel and Gianna Maria Canale . The film premiered in France on October 13, 1954; in the Federal Republic of Germany it first came to the cinema on March 25, 1955.
action
Jeanne Bécu is a young saleswoman in the leading Parisian fashion store. Because of her beauty she repeatedly attracts the looks of high-ranking men. This is also noted by Madame Gourdan, the owner of an establishment that such customers like to visit. It is easy for her to poach the girl as a courtesan for her house. As luck would have it, the beauty comes in contact with Count Jean Dubarry, who is in dire financial straits, even before her official introduction. He ensures that the new His Majesty, King Louis XV. , is fed as a mistress . But because etiquette demands that a lady who is in high society must be noble and married, the count quickly marries her to his brother Guillaume and thus makes her Comtesse Jeanne Dubarry. She will soon be seen walking into the king's private apartments night after night. But this shocked many, especially the Finance Minister Choiseul and his sister, the Duchess of Grammont. She would have liked to slip into Jeanne's role herself. So the two make every effort to prevent the public presentation of the new favorite at court. The conspiracy fails, however, and Jeanne can enter the hall in the Palace of Versailles beaming. From now on she is only "the Dubarry".
A few years later, the siblings plan again to get rid of the hated lady. As a confidante, the two win the Dauphine , the Austrian Marie Antoinette , who is not afraid to call Dubarry a “shameless person”. They gain Abbé von Beauvais, the court preacher, as a further ally . He condemns the vicious way of life - disguised in solemn parables - loudly from the pulpit. - His Majesty is contrite; but only until his mistress has informed him about the background of that sermon. The finance minister and his sister then go into exile.
Soon after, the king dies as a result of a stroke. His successor, Louis XVI. , lifts the banishment. It is a pleasure for Choiseul to be able to present the Dubarry with the banishment letter.
After the French Revolution, many nobles end up on the guillotine , including the Dubarry.
criticism
The lexicon of international films draws the following conclusion: Christian-Jaques, an experienced “court director”, wants to show with frivolous grasp and without big torches how Mademoiselle Jeanne becomes “the Dubarry” through appropriate marriage and a lot of cheating. He depicts life at the court of Louis XV in a colorful and vigorous manner, where it was rough and, even if behind closed hands, clean. In such productions, the old master can offer a lot to the amusement of the audience when it comes to French history. He's thick, whereby the rude German dialogue is even stronger.
source
Program for the film: Das Neue Filmprogramm , published by H. Klemmer Verlag of the same name, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, without a number.
Web link
- Madame Dubarry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexikon des Internationale Films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2368