Madame DuBarry (1919)

Réalisateur:

Ernst Lubitsch

Writers:

Norbert Falk (writer)
Hanns Kräly (writer)

Release Date:

27 septembre 1920 (Finland)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution. |

Plot Keywords:

Mistress | Marie Jeanne Bécu Du Barry | Historical | 1700s | French Revolution

Avis des utilisateurs:

It's not that bad not that good either

Ensemble

Pola Negri	...	Madame Du Barry
Emil Jannings	...	Louis XV
Harry Liedtke	...	Armand De Foix
Eduard von Winterstein	...	Graf Jean Dubarry
Reinhold Schünzel	...	Minister Choiseul
Else Berna	...	Graefin Gramont
Fred Immler	...	Richelieu
Gustav Czimeg	...	Aiguillon
Karl Platen	...	Guillaume Dubarry
Bernhard Goetzke
Magnus Stifter	...	Don Diego
Paul Biensfeldt	...	Lebel
Willy Kaiser-Heyl	...	Oberst der Wache
Alexander Ekert	...	Paillet
Robert Sortsch-Pla
Marga Köhler	...	Madame Labille
Paul Wegener
Vaubernier

Réalisé par
Ernst Lubitsch

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Norbert Falk		writer (as Fred Orbing)
Hanns Kräly		writer

Produit par
Paul Davidson	....	producer

Image
Theodor Sparkuhl
Kurt Waschneck

Montage
Elfi Böttrich		(new version)

Création des décors
Karl Machus
Kurt Richter

Création des costumes
Ali Hubert

Technicien du son
Rudolf Wohlschläger	....	sound: new version

Camera and Electrical Department
Fritz Arno Wagner	....	assistant camera

Production Companies

• Projektions-AG Union (PAGU)

Distributors

• Universum Film (UFA) (1919) (Germany) (theatrical)
• First National Pictures (1920) (USA) (theatrical)
• Grapevine Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Grapevine Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Nordisk Film Co. (????) (Switzerland) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Passion
Madame du Barry (France) [fr]

Durée:

85 min | 113 min (20 fps)

Pays:

Germany

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc (tinted)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

Silent

Classification:

Finland:(Banned) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Sans-Souci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Projektions-AG Union (PAGU)

Connexions De Film:

Featured in Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood (2006) (V)

It's not that bad not that good either

Follows the rise and triumph of Madame DuBarry as she sleeps and teases her way from a worker in a millinery shop to King Louis XV's mistress and to Countess (at least in name). The final scenes showing her condemnation and execution during the French Revolution look like an afterthought.

A heavy historical spectacle, though the cast of thousands mainly is around for the Revolution scenes.

Pola Negri is the main bright spot and she can be quite enchanting when shy tries (mainly during the first third of the picture).

Why it was banned in France is unclear, though none of the major characters are very sympathetic.

Has little of the Lubitsch touch.