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Lola Montès

Lola Montès

1955 · 116 min · FR · NR · 6.9 (157 votes)
Dir. Max Ophüls · Starring Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost · Music Georges Auric

“She lived too intensely and far too well!”

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Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

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A lavish, operatic spectacle of a fallen star's final performance. It's a melancholic, regret-soaked look at a life lived in the spotlight, now reduced to a tragic circus act. Opulent visuals and a wistful tone dominate this historical drama.

melancholicwistfulopulenttragicslow-burnhistorical epicoperaticcinemascopemelodramaticfameregretperformancelovememory
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dancercircusbavaria, germanynew orleans, louisianacourtesanbiography19th century
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