Eleanor Parker, Jean-Pierre Aumont, George Sanders, Bill Travers, Françoise Rosay, Ellen Corby. Based on the novel "The painted veil" by W. Somerset Maugham. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Widescreen (16x9, 2.35:1) "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video Play Only devices and may not play back in other DVD devices, including records and PC drives."--Container. Includes trailer.
Summary:
Popular 1925 novel about an unloving marriage at a flash point and a selfish adulteress who travels a turbulent path to redemption, the second film version of a fraught romantic triangle in 1949 Hong Kong. When her affair with a married man is discovered by her bacteriologist husband, an aimless American socialite is issued an ultimatum: join her spouse in a remote Chinese village where he'll help combat a brutal cholera epidemic or face a humiliatingly public divorce that will ruin their lives.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Archive collection
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