Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues (1922)

Original title

Die Intriguen der Madame de la Pommeraye

Directed by

Fritz Wendhausen

Genre

drama film, comedy film, silent film

Country

Germany

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman schemes to manipulate a man who wronged her. Based on a story by Denis Diderot, the film follows her calculated revenge in 18th century high society.

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What happens

Madame de La Pommeraye's Intrigues (German: Die Intrigen der Madame de La Pommeraye) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Olga Gsowskaja, Margarete Schlegel and Grete Berger. The film was produced by Russo Film, a short-lived company backed by Decla-Bioscop which aimed to adapt literary works for the screen. The film was released shortly after Decla-Bioscop had been absorbed into the larger UFA group. It was based on a story by Denis Diderot. It premiered at the Tauentzienpalast on 20 January 1922. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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