The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy

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The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy (1921)

Directed by Germaine Dulac

Drama, Romance · 1h 20m

"Taking its title from John Keats’s early 19th-century poem, this highly personal melodrama finds Dulac interrogating the archetype of the femme fatale. La belle dame sans merci follows a famous actress who was once seduced and abandoned by a rich man and subsequently resolved to become a “merciless woman,” forever scheming to hurt others (men in particular) in a ruthless yet captivating manner. Dulac challenges the Romantic archetype embodied in Keats’s poem by way of symbolist mise en scène, self-reflexive narration, and her typically associative approach to editing, locating a modern ambiguity within the stereotypical figures of 19th-century art." - Film Society of Lincoln Center

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Cast

T
Tania Daleyme Lola de Sandoval
Y
Yolande Hillé Irène Denise Lorys Comtesse d'Amaury Jean Toulout Comte Guy d'Amaury
J
Jean Tarride Hubert d'Amaury
P
Pierre Mareg Marquis de Saint-Érasme
L
Lucien Glen Lucien Louis Monfils

Crew

Director
Germaine Dulac

Details

Original title
La Belle dame sans merci
Release date
1921-04-22
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Original language
FR
Countries
France
Production
D.H.