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Tag Archives: Edwige Feuillère
There’s No Tomorrow AKA 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 AKA 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 »
Love Is My Profession AKA En cas de malheur (1958) Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot, Edwige Feuillère
Married French lawyer Andre defends successfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. 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 »
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, Nicole Berger, Pierre-Michel Beck
Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. Read More »
Lucrezia Borgia (1935) Abel Gance, Edwige Feuillère, Gabriel Gabrio, Maurice Escande, Drama, History, Romance
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 »
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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