Lola Montès / A Janus Film presentation ; une co-production, Gamma Films, Florida Films, Union Films ; Gamma-Film présente ; un film de Max Ophuls ; d'après un roman de Cecil Saint Laurent ; scènario de Max Ophuls ; adaptation de Annette Wademant et Max Ophuls ; dialogue de Jacques Natanson ; directeur de la production, Ralph Baum ; producteur délégué, Albert Caraco.
Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol, Oskar Werner. Based on the novel La vie extraordinaire de Lola Montes by Cecil Saint-Laurent. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Summary:
Depicts, through flashbacks, the life of a famous courtesan, recounted as part of a lavish circus act. The ringmaster introduces and displays Lola Montés who recalls her romances with Franz Liszt, a student, and Ludwig, King of Bavaria before she was reduced by scandal, poverty and ill fortune to her present life as a circus performer.
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