A Woman of No Importance (1937 film)

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A Woman of No Importance
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Directed by Jean Choux
Written by Charles Spaak
Oscar Wilde (play)
Produced by Arys Nissotti
Pierre O'Connell
Starring Pierre Blanchar
Lisette Lanvin
Marguerite Templey
Cinematography Jules Kruger
Edited by Marguerite Beaugé
Music by Jean Wiener
Production
company
Régina Films
Distributed by Films Sonores Tobis
Release date
  • 5 March 1937 (1937-03-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

A Woman of No Importance (French : Une femme sans importance) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lisette Lanvin and Marguerite Templey. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1893 play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. The film was made by the French subsidiary of Tobis Film, which had made a German adaption of the story the previous year.

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  1. Bessy & Chirat p.268

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