The earrings of Madame de

Author

Max Ophuls

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, EAS)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

French dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, Vittorio de Sica, Jean Galland, Mireille Perrey, Paul Azaïs, Josselin, Hubert Noël, Lia di Leo.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2008]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Rating: Not rated.

Summary

The wife of a 19th century General sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.

Notes

Based on a novel by Louise de Vilmorin.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.

Special features include commentary, Ophuls's collaborators, visual essay by Tag Gallagher, novelist Louise de Vilmorin.