Rent Madame DuBarry (1919)
3.4 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 54min
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- Synopsis:
Before Ernst Lubitsch created his eminently sophisticated Hollywood sex comedies, he was at work in Germany perfecting his earliest entries into the genre, alongside sweeping ironic dramas based on historical events and often set in exotic locales. One of his earliest successes merged elements of both modes: Madame DuBarry. A recounting-à-la-Lubitsch of the torrid affair between the title character (Pola Negri) and France's King Louis XV (Emil Jannings, who would go on to portray Henry VIII in Lubitsch's Anna Boleyn of the following year a film that neatly bookends Madame DuBarry), the picture spans scandalous intrigue at the court and the ring of the guillotine among the riotous mobs of the Revolution. - Actors:
- Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein, Reinhold Schünzel, Else Berna, Fred Immler, Gustav Czimeg, Karl Platen, Bernhard Goetzke, Magnus Stifter, Paul Biensfeldt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Alexander Ekert, Robert Sortsch-Pla, Marga Köhler, Paul Wegener, Victor Janson
- Directors:
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Producers:
- Paul Davidson
- Writers:
- Norbert Falk, Hanns Kräly
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- New waves of Polish Cinema, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Fritz Lang
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/09/2014
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- German LPCM Stereo, Silent
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Lubitsch's Earliest Surviving Film "Als ich tot war" (1916)
