La belle dame sans merci (1921)
- Original title
- La Belle dame sans merci
- Directed by
- Germaine Dulac
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A famous actress, once betrayed by a wealthy man, vows to become a merciless woman who schemes to hurt others, especially men. The film uses symbolic imagery and associative editing to question the old archetype of the dangerous woman.
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