DVD
Lola Montès
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen version.
Languages
In French with English subtitles.
Performers
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Henry Guisol, Lise Delamare, Friedrich Domin, Héléna Manson.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl that charts the course of Montès's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she ended up performing.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary featuring Max Ophuls scholar Susan White; theatrical re-release trailer from Rialto Pictures. Disc two: "Max Ophuls ou le plaisir de tourner:" a 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of Ophuls's collaborators; "Max by Marcel:" a documentary by Marcel Ophuls about his father and the making of Lola Montès; booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins.