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Adieu Mascotte (1929)

Adieu Mascotte poster
Directed by
Wilhelm Thiele
Genre
comedy film, silent film, romance film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman works as an artist's model in the bohemian districts of Paris and Nice. She navigates romance and comedy in the city's lively demimonde.

lightheartedwhimsicalromanticplayfulbreezyold-fashionedcharminggentle

What happens

The Model from Montparnasse (German: Das Modell vom Montparnasse) or Adieu Mascotte is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Igo Sym and Marietta Millner. Originally made as a silent film, it later had synchronized sound added. It is set in the Demimonde of Paris with a heroine working as an artist's model. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot at the Babelsberg, Staaken and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place in Paris and Nice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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