Nana (1926)

Directed by

Jean Renoir

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

2h 30m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A beautiful woman in 1860s Paris seduces and ruins a series of powerful men. She climbs from the stage to high society only to see her fortunes collapse into tragedy.

melancholicvisually stylishslow-burnbleaksultryromantictragicintimate

What happens

Nana is a 1926 French silent drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Catherine Hessling, Werner Krauss and Jean Angelo. It was Renoir's second full-length film and is based on the 1880 novel by Émile Zola. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Autant-Lara. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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