After the advice of his main adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to try to unify the nation so as to become even stronger. Read More »
Tag Archives: Edwige Feuillère
Earth Light (1970) Guy Gilles, Edwige Feuillère, Annie Girardot, Patrick Jouané
Pierre Brumeu, a twenty-year-old young man, leads a drab life in Paris with his father Read More »
The Game of Love (1954) Claude Autant-Lara, Edwige Feuillère
Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy Read More »
Love Is My Profession / En cas de malheur (1958)
Married French lawyer Andre defends successfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. Read More »
The Eagle with Two Heads / L’aigle à deux têtes (1948) Jean Cocteau, Edwige Feuillère, Silvia Monfort, Jean Marais
Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. Read More »
There’s No Tomorrow / Sans lendemain (1939) Max Ophüls, Edwige Feuillère, George Rigaud, Daniel Lecourtois
The story of a once-respectable woman who re-encounters her first love, now a successful doctor. Read More »
The Flesh of the Orchid / La chair de l’orchidée (1975) Patrice Chéreau, Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Edwige Feuillère
A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. Read More »
The Idiot AKA L’idiot (1946) Georges Lampin, Edwige Feuillère, Lucien Coëdel, Jean Debucourt
Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution Read More »
Olivia (1951) Jacqueline Audry, Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia
Olivia, an English teenager, arrives at a finishing school in France. Read More »
De Mayerling à Sarajevo / From Mayerling to Sarajevo (1940) Max Ophüls, Edwige Feuillère, John Lodge, Aimé Clariond, Drama
In the late 1800’s, Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, falls for Sophie Chotek, a Czech countess. He’s already a problem to the Crown because of his political ideas; this love affair with someone not of royal blood breeches protocol. The Crown allows the union only after the couple agrees to a morganatic marriage. The emperor further neutralizes Franz by making him inspector general of the army, sending him afield for months at a time. In June of 1914, fearing for his safety, Sophie seeks permission to accompany Franz to Sarajevo; protocol dictates that no army troops attend Franz while she is present. An assassin strikes. Their deaths spark World War I.
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