Underplayed Gems

Madame and Her Niece (1969)

Madame and Her Niece poster
Original title
Madame und ihre Nichte
Directed by
Eberhard Schröder
Genre
drama film, erotic film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
16
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1960s Germany, a high-end brothel's proprietress tries to protect her sheltered niece from the realities of the family business. The niece gets entangled with a young man, leading to romantic complications.

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What happens

Madame and Her Niece (German: Madame und ihre Nichte) is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Eberhard Schröder and starring Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Edwige Fenech and Fred Williams. It is an adaptation of the 1884 short story Yvette by Guy de Maupassant updated to the 1960s. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hertha Hareiter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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