He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together. The criterion collection is a series of home video releases of, in its own words, important classic and contemporary films. Deutsche revolution 18481849, the opening phase of which was also called the march revolution german. Martine carol the lovers of verona 1948 directed by andre cayatte martine carol actress 1959 martine carol and michel piccoli nathalie.
Max ophuls may 6, 1902 march 26, 1957, german film. After leaving his homeland germany he made a few films in hollywood like lang and other german defectors and then from 5055 just before he died, at age 55 made 4 films in a 6 year period in france those films are ms, mp, mp, and mp. Ophulss final film, lola montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a oneofakind movie spectacle. A popular performer in austria and prewar germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his own.
The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 nazi party rally in nuremberg, germany. An early refugee from nazism following the 1933 reichstag fire, ophuls became a french citizen in 1938, then made his way to the u. Werner finck 2 may 1902 31 july 1978 was a german kabarett comedian, actor and author. An actor, stage director, and producer in germany and austria 192, he gained renown as a film director with liebelei 1933. Since his first feature in 1932, through his last in 1955, ophuls has had moments of tremendous productivity, only to have that followed. With martine carol, peter ustinov, anton walbrook, henri guisol. Lola montes and andrew sarris see more anton walbrook. Based on true events in her life, this video will take you along an abbreviated journey.
Especially her liaison with king ludwig of bavaria, in whose castles her portrait can be seen to this day, is the stuff of legend. Filmmaker top ten lists, from fassbinder, haneke and. Her dance was imitating a woman who had spiders climbing within her petticoats. Shooting ran from march to july 1955, mostly in germany but also in france and austria.
Marie dolores eliza rosanna gilbert, countess of landsfeld 17 february 1821 17 january 1861, better known by the stage name lola montez. He made nearly 30 films, the latter ones being especially notable. Marzrevolution, were initially part of the revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many european countries. Lola montes bluray martine carol criterion dvdbeaver. Its first releases were laserdiscs of citizen kane and king kong 1933. History of the motion picture history of the motion picture france. The films the above description covers range from cult classics to internationally acknowledged masterpieces, and from the silent movie era. Lola montez was a woman of international intrigue, who performed her infamous spider dance to audiences around the world. Lola montes 1955 is a historical romance film and the last completed film of germanborn. Germany year zero 1948 best german movies of the 1950s. He worked in cities such as stuttgart, dortmund, wuppertal, vienna, frankfurt, breslau and berlin. He began his career as a stage actor and director in the golden twenties.
Lola montes 1955 is a historical romance film and the last completed film of germanborn director max ophuls. List of films released by the criterion collection on dvdbluray in order of spine number. Ophulss final film, lola montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a oneofa kind movie spectacle. German and french versions, and that the english version was never shown. The last woman for whom max ophuls went behind the camera was lola montes. She lived too intensely and far too well the film tells the tragical story of the life of lola montes who was a great adventurer and stopped being the attraction of her.
Walter kiaulehn he was born on july 04, 1900 died on november 07, 1968, he was 68 years old. Lola montez, irish adventuress and spanish dancer who achieved international notoriety through her liaison with king louis i ludwig i of bavaria. Also, visit criterionmasters list183001 for a listing of criterion collection laserdiscs. The name suggests dark eyes and abundant hair, lithe limbs and a sinuous body, with twining hands and great eyes that gleam with a sort of ebon splendor. Martine carol in lola montes 1955 peter ustinov and martine carol in lola.
Biopic of adventurer lola montes who ends up as a circus attraction after being. Lola montes trouwt om te voorkomen dat ze aan een oude bankier wordt. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The sins of lola montes, martine carol, french poster art, 1955. The 2disc dvd presents the two most beautiful films shot in germany by max ophuls in restored versions.
Martina muller the making of max ophuls lola montesloh monte. New lola montes and anton walbrook see more bluray. Max ophuls final film and his only movie in color is a cinematic. It was 1955, two years before his death, and she was his most wretched subject washed up, desperate, attempting. Initially they had considered michael powell chiefly because of the red shoes, 1948, as well as martine carols husband, christianjacque.
Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a convinced individualist, he became one of germany s leading cabaret artists under the conditions of the nazi suppression after 1933. Elizabeth eliza gilbert spent much of her girlhood in india but was educated in scotland and england. Filmmaker max ophuls oppenheimer, who made films in germany 19311933, france 19331940 and 19501957, and the united states 19471950, died at the age of 54 on this date in 1957. With the fall of france in 1940, ophuls and his family fled to switzerland. Audiences considered her scandalous, amazing, and a delight to watch. They were a series of loosely coordinated protests and rebellions in the states of the german confederation, including the austrian empire. Fassbinder also named max ophuls 1955 lola montes, a tragic tale of a kept woman shot in the kind of gloriously rendered color fassbinder would later employ in his own work. Famous affinities of history lola montez and king ludwig. Montez claimed to be born in spain and became known as a spanish dancer. California stage robber black bart meets european dancer lola montez. The story of the femme fataleconwoman lola montes montez is worth telling she did really exist and was by all accounts as outrageous and extravagant as the film will have you believe.
A masterpiece, lola montes is certainly director max ophuls greatest. They were a series of loosely coordinated protests and rebellions in the states of the german confederation, including the austrian. It is based on the life of the celebrated irish dancer and courtesan lola montez 18211861, portrayed by martine carol, and tells the story of the most famous of her many notorious affairs, those with franz liszt and ludwig i of bavaria. The rise and fall of a narcissistic pianist played by louis jourdan is seen through the eyes of admirer joan fontaine in 1948 s letter from an unknown woman oct. One thinks of spanish beauty as one hears the name. The fall of lola montes, the sins of lola montes, i ptosi tis lola montes. Montez is featured prominently in spider dance by carole nelson douglas, the last work in her irene adler mystery series. Between 1933 and 1940 ophuls directed 10 featurelength films in france, italy and holland. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content. Ophuls left nazi germany for paris in 1933 and became a french citizen five years later. A traveling projectionequipment mechanic works in western germany along the eastgerman border, visiting wornout theatres. Click image to enlarge will enlarge up to 5 times download document as pdf. Bluray or bluray disc bd is a digital optical disc data storage. Lola montes was released on dvd and bluray in north america by the criterion collection in february 2010.
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