Madame Makes Her Exit

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Madame Makes Her Exit
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Directed by Wilhelm Thiele
Written by
Based onThe Amorous Adventure by Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbidon
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Nicolas Farkas
Edited by René Le Hénaff
Music by Ralph Erwin
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 12 January 1932 (1932-01-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

Madame Makes Her Exit (German : Madame hat Ausgang) is a 1932 German romantic comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Liane Haid, Hans Brausewetter, Hilde Hildebrand. It was shot at the Epinay Studios of Tobis Film in Paris. It premiered on 12 January 1932. [1] A separate French-language version Amourous Adventure was also released, directed by Thiele with a largely different cast.

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Synopsis

In Paris Madame Vernier discovers that her husband has been having an affair with the dancer Lilette. On the advice of her friend Eva, she decides to have a flirtation of her own and encounters Marcel Douzet, a handsome but poor bookbinder. To conceal her identity from him, she uses a false name and pretends to be a maid. This leads to an encounter where she has to pretend to be her own servant. Ultimately, she chooses to return to her husband.

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  1. Grange p. 380

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