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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
France Italy
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Year
1953
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Genre
Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- I gioielli di madame Alternative
- The Earrings of Madame de... Alternative
Introduction
“As Ophuls’s famously restless camera swirls through Madame de… he traces an interior journey, from a world of bright, enchanting surfaces to the dim recesses of a soul.”
Dave Kehr, The New York Times, 2007
Max Ophuls’ La Ronde (1950) follows a chain of amorous liaisons, passing from one lover to the next until the story comes back to where it started. Ever attracted to circular patterns, in his Madame de... the unnamed wife (Danielle Darrieux) of an aristocrat pawns her earrings to pay off her debts. The transaction sets off a chain reaction, as the earrings exchange hands between the pawnbroker, the lady’s husband, her husband’s mistress, and her suitor, implicating each in a web of desire and deceit that leads to tragedy.
Ophuls’ film presents a woman imprisoned by social conventions and a material world of ornate, glittering decor, which the director navigates in sublimely sinuous tracking shots. The American critic Andrew Sarris called Madame de... “the most perfect film ever made”.
Ophuls’ final film, Lola Montès (1955), is the story of a 19th-century circus dancer (Martine Carol) and her affairs in high places.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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General André de...
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Countess Louise de...
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Baron Fabrizio Donati
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M Rémy, the jeweller
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M de Bernac
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Louise's maid
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first coachman
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Henri de Malleville
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Lola, André's mistress
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[Jérôme Rémy, the jeweller's son]
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[club patron]
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[Louise's friend]
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[old journalist]
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[theatre manager]
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[Julien, André's servant]
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[ambassador]
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[ambassador's wife]
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[majordomo]
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[diplomat]
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[maid]
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[guard]
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[candle seller]
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[second coachman]
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[first duel second]
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[second duel second]
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[customs officer]
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[doorman]
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[.]
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[.]
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[.]
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[.]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (1st)
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[Assistant Director (2nd)]
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[Assistant Director (Trainee)]
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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[Producer]
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Unit Production Manager
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[Assistant Unit Manager]
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Production Manager
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Production Manager
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[Production Administrator]
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[Location Manager]
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[Production Secretary]
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[Technical Collaborator]
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[Technician]
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Studio
Writing:
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Screen Adaptation by
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Screen Adaptation by
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Screen Adaptation by
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Dialogue
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Based on the novel by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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[Camera Assistant]
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[Camera Assistant]
Stills:
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[Stills]
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[Portrait Stills]
Special Effects:
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[Special Effects]
Editing:
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Editor
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[Assistant Editor]
Design:
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Art Director
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[Assistant Art Director]
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[Assistant Art Director]
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Set Decorator
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[Set Dresser]
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[Props]
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[Props]
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[Tapestries]
Costumes:
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Costumes
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Costumes
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[Costumer]
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[Costumer]
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[Costumer]
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Wardrobe
Make-up:
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Make-up Supervisor
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[Make-up Assistant]
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[Hairdresser]
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[Wigs]
Music:
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Music
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Music
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[Musical Themes]
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[Lyrics]
Sound:
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Sound
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[Sound Technician]
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[Boom Operator]
Publicity:
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[Publicity]
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