Camille (1921)

Directed by

Ray C. Smallwood

Genre

drama film, silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy Parisian courtesan falls deeply in love with a younger man. Their relationship is threatened by her social status and his family's disapproval.

tragicromanticmelancholicvisually lushslow-burnelegantpoignantdatedstylized

What happens

Camille is a 1921 American silent drama film starring Alla Nazimova as Marguerite and Rudolph Valentino as her lover, Armand. It is based on the play adaptation La Dame aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias) by Alexandre Dumas, fils, which was first published in French as a novel in 1848 and as a play in 1852. Camille is one of numerous screen adaptations of Dumas, fils' story. The film is set in 1920s Paris, whereas the original version takes place in Paris in the 1840s. It has lavish Art Deco sets; Rudolph Valentino later married the film's art director, Natacha Rambova. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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