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Format: Laserdisc
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
98 min. |
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Movie Description
Returning again to the theme of the wisdom of compromise, Renoir mixes politics with romance in a film that stars Ingrid Bergman as Elena, an impoverished Polish princess living in Paris in the 1880s. Through a wealthy admirer, she meets the famed General Rollan (Jean Marais), now Minister of War, and falls in love with him. Yet another down-at-heels aristocrat, Henri de Chevincourt (Mel Ferrer), has taken an interest in the charming princess. At the end, only one will remain.
Synopsis
Set in Paris in the 1880s, Renoir's light comedy mixes romance with politics in a film that stars Ingrid Bergman as Elena, an impoverished Polish princess. After the beautiful woman has walked out on her current lover, she watches a huge Bastille Day crowd cheering the heroic General Rollan (Jean Marais). Also cheering the general, while admiring Elena, is Henri de Chevincourt (Mel Ferrer), another aristocrat of slender means. Resolved to abandon romance and marry for money, Elena accepts an invitation from the wealthy, if unattractive Michaud (Pierre Bertin) to a hunting party at his country house. There she meets Rollan, now Minister of War, and the two promptly fall in love. Rollan has been responding aggressively to a series of menacing maneuvers by the German government, a posture that is encouraged by the right-wing extremists who are hoping for a conflict that should lead the country to abandon its republican form of government. When Rollan realizes he's become a tool of this faction, he becomes disenchanted with politics. He also realizes that Elena loves the role he plays and not himself. When he leaves the country surreptitiously, will she join him?
Film Notes
The film was shot in Paris, France.
The film was based loosely on the career of the famed General Boulanger.
The film had twelve minutes of missing footage restored in 1986.
Industry Reviews
"...This measured, roguish ballad of love and statecraft gives us again one of the cinema's greatest directors and one of its supreme actresses..."
Los Angeles Times - Michael Wilmington (08/15/1986)
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