Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)

Directed by

Marcel L'Herbier

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is about the life of Adrienne Lecouvreur, an eighteenth century French actress. It follows her career and personal life as a celebrated performer.

periodbiographicalfrencheleganttragictheatricalclassicalunderstated

What happens

Adrienne Lecouvreur is a 1938 French-German biographical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Junie Astor. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Anton Weber. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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