Adrienne Lecouvreur (film)

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Adrienne Lecouvreur
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Directed by Marcel L'Herbier
Written by
Based on Adrienne Lecouvreur
by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by Boris de Fast
Music by Maurice Thiriet
Production
company
UFA
Distributed by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date
  • 27 September 1938 (1938-09-27)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
LanguageFrench

Adrienne Lecouvreur is a 1938 French-German biographical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Junie Astor. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur. [1]

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Anton Weber.

Plot

A famous actress and a Polish prince have an ill-fated love affair.

Cast

References

  1. "Adriana Lecouvreur". unifrance.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

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