Madame de ...
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Madame de ... |
| Original title | Madame de ... |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Ophüls |
| script |
Marcel Achard Max Ophüls Annette Wademant |
| production | Ralph Baum |
| music |
Oscar Straus Georges van Parys |
| camera | Christian Matras |
| cut | Borys Lewin |
| occupation | |
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Madame de… is a French - Italian film drama by Max Ophüls from 1953. The book is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Louise de Vilmorin . The alternative title is Madame de… - The love of her life .
action
To pay off her debts, Comtesse Louise sells a pair of earrings, a wedding present from her husband, Général André. She claims to her husband that she lost the earrings. After her husband learned the truth from the jeweler Rémy, he bought it back and gave it to his lover Lola, who was leaving for Constantinople. There Lola sells the earrings after a streak of bad luck at gambling in order to be able to continue playing. The Italian diplomat Baron Fabrizio Donati buys the earrings and gives them to Louise, with whom he is having an affair. When her husband finds out about this, he refunds the baron the earrings, breaks the relationship and forces his wife to give away the jewelry. When these are put up for sale again, Louise buys them back and hides them from her husband. Since André notices that Louise is still in love with Fabrizio, he challenges Fabrizio to a duel under an excuse. Louise, who has been visibly upset by the course of events, knows that her husband is the better shot, donates the earrings to the church and prays there for a good outcome to the duel. On the way to the duel, Louise collapses after hearing a shot and no one follows.
Reviews
Lexicon of international film : Triangle tragedy from the morbid aristocratic milieu of the sunken epoch of the turn of the century. Shaped, masterfully played and photographed with discrete elegance and psychological delicacy.
The camera glides cautiously but restlessly, painstakingly adding detail to detail. Every picture speaks. A masterpiece of delicate direction, artistic photography (Christian Matras), good music (last compositions by Oskar Strauss [sic!]). The rhythm of picture and sound is admirable. The three main characters in the game are captivating and flawless .
Awards
- 1955: Oscar nomination for best costume design for Georges Annenkov and Rosine Delamare
Web links
- Madame de ... in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Erika Müller: Madame de ... yesterday and today film review, in: Die Zeit, No. 19.1954.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Madame de… . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2011 (PDF; test number: 75 84V V).
- ↑ Madame de… In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Erika Müller: Madame de ... yesterday and today film review, in: Die Zeit, No. 19.1954, accessed on August 23, 2019