72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Lola Montès

Max Ophüls
     110 m.
Synopsis
A circus director narrates the tragic tale of the life and loves of Lola Montes, of Spanish-Irish origin, a great lover of adventure and cabaret dancer who became the lover of Franz Liszt and of King Louis I of Bavaria. The Portuguese director Manoel Oliveira has chosen Max Ophüls' masterpiece, in a version recently restored in all its splendour, to accompany the tribute being paid to him by the IFFA (International Federation of Film Archives) as part of the Donostia-San Sebastian Film Festival.
Director
Max Ophüls
Screenplay
Jacques Natanson, Annette Wademant, Max Ophüls, Franz Geiger
Photography
Christian Matras
Edition
Madeleine Gug
Music
Georges Auric
Cast
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Oskar Werner, Henri Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost
Running Time
110 m.
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