Madame (1961)

Original title

Madame Sans-Gêne

Directed by

Christian-Jaque

Genre

drama film, comedy film, war film, comedy drama, romantic comedy, romance film

Country

France, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A feisty washerwoman rises in society during the French Revolution and later becomes a duchess. Her blunt manners cause trouble with aristocratic circles, and she must use her wit to keep her position and marriage.

romanticlightheartedcomichistoricalbreezyglamorousplayful

What happens

Madame Sans-Gêne is a 1961 Spanish-Italian-French film co-production, filmed in Eastmancolor and Technirama, and distributed in the United States by Embassy Pictures. The film was directed by Christian-Jaque and adapted from the 1893 play Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. The film stars Sophia Loren and a cast of French and Italian actors, including Robert Hossein, Julien Bertheau, Renaud Mary, Léa Gray, Gianrico Tedeschi, and Marina Berti. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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