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A Woman of No Importance (1937)

A Woman of No Importance poster
Original title
Une femme sans importance
Directed by
Jean Choux
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces social scorn after a past affair leaves her with a child. The story follows her struggle to protect her son's future.

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What happens

A Woman of No Importance (French: Une femme sans importance) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lisette Lanvin and Marguerite Templey. It is an adaptation of the 1893 play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. The film was made by the French subsidiary of Tobis Film, which had made a German adaption of the story the previous year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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