Queen of the Boulevards (1927)

Original title

Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen

Directed by

Manfred Noa

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent German drama follows a courtesan in 19th century Paris. Her life of glamour and hardship becomes entangled with the men who desire and control her.

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What happens

Queen of the Boulevards (German: Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Paul Wegener, Andrée Lafayette and Werner Fuetterer. It is based on the novel Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes by Honoré de Balzac. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, and distributed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film. Art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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