Madame Sans-Gêne (1911)
- Directed by
- André Calmettes, Louis J. Gasnier
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, historical film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows a laundress during the French Revolution who rises in society by marrying a man who becomes a field marshal under Napoleon. It shows her interactions with Napoleon and the challenges of her new status.
historicaldramaticdeliberatestagedformallightheartedcomedic
What happens
Madame Sans-Gêne is a 1911 silent French film set in the French Revolution and during Napoleon's reign. It is based on the 1893 play of the same name by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. Gabrielle Réjane and Edmond Duquesne reprised their roles in the play; Réjane played the title character, a laundress who marries a man who becomes one of Napoleon's field marshals (based on the real-life Catherine Hübscher), while Duquesne played Napoleon. Conflicting sources state the director was André Calmettes or Henri Desfontaines. According to Richard Abel, Madame Sans-Gêne is "still extant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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