Madame DuBarry (1919 film)
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
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| Based on | Memoirs d’un médecin 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas |
| Produced by | Paul Davidson |
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| Edited by | Elfi Böttrich |
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Running time | 85 minutes 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent film |
Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch,[2] written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.
It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.
Plot
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Cast
[edit]- Pola Negri as Madame DuBarry, The Former Jeanne Vaubernier
- Emil Jannings as Louis XV
- Harry Liedtke as Armand de Foix
- Eduard von Winterstein as Count Jean DuBarry
- Reinhold Schünzel as Minister Choiseul
- Else Berna as Geneviève de Gramont
- Fred Immler as Duke of Richelieu
- Gustav Czimeg as Aiguillon
- Alexander Eckert as Paillet the shoemaker
Survival status
[edit]The film has been released on DVD.[3] In 2014, it was released on dual format Blu-ray and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema series.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Blu-ray.com - Madame DuBarry Blu-ray
- ^ Scheunemann, Dietrich (1 January 2006). Expressionist Film: New Perspectives. Camden House. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1-57113-350-2.
- ^ Home Video: Madame Du Barry at silentera.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Madame DuBarry (1919 film).
- Madame DuBarry at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
- Madame DuBarry at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1919 films
- 1910s historical films
- German historical films
- German biographical films
- German epic films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch
- Biographical films about French royalty
- Works about Louis XV
- Films set in the 1760s
- Films set in the 1770s
- Films set in the 1780s
- Films set in the 1790s
- Films set in France
- German black-and-white films
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- Cultural depictions of Louis XV
- Cultural depictions of Madame du Barry
- UFA GmbH films
- Films based on works by Alexandre Dumas
- Silent adventure films
- 1910s German films
- Silent epic films
- Films scored by William Axt
- 1910s German film stubs