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Madame Bovary (1937)

Madame Bovary poster
Directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in 19th-century France becomes bored with her husband and seeks passion and excitement outside her marriage. Her choices lead to personal and financial ruin.

melancholicunsettlingtenseslow-burnbleakvisually lushdramaticemotional

What happens

Madame Bovary is a 1937 German historical drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Pola Negri, Aribert Wäscher and Ferdinand Marian. It is an adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Moldenhauer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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