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Imperial Violets (1924)

Imperial Violets poster
Original title
Violettes impériales
Directed by
Henry Roussel
Genre
comedy film, silent film, adventure film, historical film
Country
France
Runtime
2h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young flower seller in Paris gets caught up in a series of comic adventures during the Second French Empire. She winds up mistaken for a noblewoman and attends a ball at court.

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What happens

Imperial Violets (French:Violettes impériales) is a 1924 French silent historical film directed by Henry Roussel and starring Raquel Meller, Suzanne Bianchetti and André Roanne. It was remade by Roussel as a sound film of the same title in 1932. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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