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The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
Directed by Max Ophüls
“It was her vanity that destroyed her.”
Drama, Romance · 1h 45m
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
Cast
Charles Boyer
Général André de...
Danielle Darrieux
Comtesse Louise de...
Vittorio De Sica
Baron Fabrizio Donati
Jean Debucourt
Monsieur Rémy
Jean Galland
Monsieur de Bernac
M
Mireille Perrey
La Nourrice
P
Paul Azaïs
Le premier cocher
Jacques Josselin
Hubert Noël
Henri de Maleville
Lia Di Leo
Lola
G
Gérard Buhr
Le douanier (uncredited)
Jean Toulout
Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Max Ophüls
- Screenplay
- Marcel Achard, Max Ophüls
- Writer
- Annette Wademant
- Novel
- Louise de Vilmorin
- Director of Photography
- Christian Matras
- Original Music Composer
- Oscar Straus, Georges Van Parys
- Editor
- Borys Lewin
- Producer
- Ralph Baum
Details
- Original title
- Madame de…
- Release date
- 1953-04-16
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, English, Italian, Turkish
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Franco London Films, Indusfilms, Rizzoli Film