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The Woman from the Folies Bergères (1927)

The Woman from the Folies Bergères poster
Original title
Die Frauen von Folies Bergères
Directed by
Joe Francis
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent film set in the world of the Folies Bergères. It follows a woman involved with the famous Parisian theater and its performers.

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What happens

The Women from the Folies Bergères (German: Die Frauen von Folies Bergères) is a 1927 French-German silent film directed by Joe Francis and Max Obal and starring Claire Rommer, Carl Auen and Josephine Baker. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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