Lola Montès

DVD 1955

The life of a young woman who was a showgirl, had affairs with kings, became a courtesan, and traveled the world trying to fit inches Charts the course of Montes's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she has ended up performing.

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Circus Fiction

Circus performers Fiction

Courtesans France Fiction

Man-woman relationships Fiction

Montez, Lola, 1818-1861 Fiction

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Biographical films Feature films Fiction Foreign films Motion pictures, French Romance films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 503 Criterion collection ; 503 DVD

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ISBN:

9781604652321

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (114 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Lola Montes

Notes:

Based on the novel by Cecil Saint-Laurent
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955
Special features include: audio commentary featuring Max Ophuls scholar Susan White; theatrical re-release trailer from Rialto Pictures; "Max Ophuls ou le plaisir de tourner:" a 1965 episode of the French television program Cineastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of Ophuls's collaborators; "Max by Marcel:" a new documentary by Marcel Ophuls about his father and the making of Lola Montes; silent footage of Martine Carol demonstrating the various hairstyles in Lola Montes. Booklet features an essay by critic Gary Giddins
Title from container
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henry Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Friedrich Domin, Helena Manson
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Audio tracks in French, with optional subtitles in English

Contents:

Disc 1. Lola Montès (DVD)
Disc 2. Bonus disc (DVD)

Control Number:

796596

UPC:

715515052610

Other Authors:

Auric, Georges, 1899-1983, composer
Baum, Ralph, producer
Caraco, Albert, film producer
Carol, Martine, 1920-1967, actor
Cinémathèque française, production company
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Delamare, Lise, actor
Delbat, Germaine, 1904-1988, actor
Desny, Ivan, actor
Domin, Friedrich, 1902-1961, actor
Dubost, Paulette, actor
Eaubonne, Jean d', 1903-1971, designer
Esmond, Carl, 1904-2004, actor
Fayet, Jacques, actor
Films du Jeudi (Firm), production company
Finck, Werner, 1902-1978, actor
Florida Films (Company), production company
Galland, Jean, 1887-1967, actor
Gamma Films (Firm), production company
Gug, Madeleine, 1913-1971, editor of moving image work
Guisol, Henri, 1904-1994, actor
Manson, Héléna, 1898-1994, actor
Matras, Christian, 1903-1977, director of photography
Météhen, Jacques, conductor
Natanson, Jacques, 1901-1975, screenwriter
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957, screenwriter, film director
Quadflieg, Will, actor
Saint-Laurent, Cécil, 1919-2000. Lola Montes
Union Film (Firm), production company
Ustinov, Peter, actor
Wademant, Annette, 1928-2017, screenwriter
Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967, actor
Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984, actor

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