Ariane (1931)

Directed by

Paul Czinner

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Russian woman in Paris has a series of romantic encounters with an older man. The story focuses on their flirtation and the emotional games they play.

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What happens

Ariane is a 1931 German drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster and Annemarie Steinsieck. It is an adaptation of the 1920 French novel Ariane, jeune fille russe by Claude Anet. Two alternative language versions The Loves of Ariane and Ariane, jeune fille russe were made at the same time. The film was the inspiration of the 1957 Billy Wilder film Love in the Afternoon. Wilder remembered the film as "touching and funny". It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Zander and Karl Weber. Location shooting took place in Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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