Lola Montès
by
 
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957, screenwriter, director.

Title
Lola Montès

Author
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957, screenwriter, director.
 
Wademant, Annette, 1928-2017- screenwriter.
 
Natanson, Jacques, 1901-1975, screenwriter.
 
Matras, Christian, 1903-1977, cinematographer.
 
Caraco, Albert, producer.
 
Carol, Martine, 1920-1967, actor.
 
Ustinov, Peter, actor.
 
Walbrook, Anton, 1900-1967, actor.
 
Guisol, Henri, 1904-1994, actor.
 
Delamare, Lise, actor.
 
Dubost, Paulette, actor.
 
Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984, actor.
 
Galland, Jean, 1887-1967, actor.
 
Quadflieg, Will, actor.
 
Manson, Héléna, 1898-1994, actor.
 
Delbat, Germaine, 1904-1988, actor.
 
Esmond, Carl, 1904-2004, actor.
 
Fayet, Jacques, actor.
 
Domin, Friedrich, 1902-1961, actor.
 
Finck, Werner, 1902-1978, actor.
 
Desny, Ivan, actor.
 
Eaubonne, Jean d', 1903-1971, designer.
 
Auric, Georges, 1899-1983, composer.
 
Météhen, Jacques.
 
Gug, Madeleine, 1913-1971, film editor.
 
Baum, Ralph.
 
Saint-Laurent, Cécil, 1919-2000.
 
Gamma Films (Firm)
 
Florida Films (Company)
 
Union Film (Firm)
 
Films du Jeudi (Firm)
 
Cinémathèque française.
 
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Series
Criterion collection ;

Series Number
503.

Summary
The life of a young woman who was a showgirl, had affairs with kings, became a courtesan, and traveled the world trying to fit in. Charts the course of Montès's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she has ended up performing.

General Note
Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent.
 
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
 
Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary featuring film scholar Susan White. Disc two: "Max Ophuls ou le plaisir de tourner:" a 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of Ophuls's collaborators; "Max by Marcel:" a new documentary by Marcel Ophuls about his father and the making of Lola Montès; "Martine Carole hair tests" Martine Carol demonstrating the various hairstyles in Lola Montés; Re-release trailer. Booklet: "Loving Lola" essay by critic Gary Giddins.

Contents
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Supplements.

Physical Description
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] p. : ports. ; 19 cm.)

Genre
Romance films.
 
Fiction films.
 
Feature films.
 
Film adaptations.
 
Foreign films.
 
Films in French.

Personal Subject
Saint-Laurent, Cécil, 1919-2000-Film adaptations.
 
Montez, Lola, 1818-1861-Drama.

Subject Term
Courtesans -- France -- Drama.
 
Circus performers -- Drama.
 
Circus -- Drama.
 
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Author(s)
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957,
 
Wademant, Annette, 1928-2017-
 
Natanson, Jacques, 1901-1975,
 
Matras, Christian, 1903-1977,
 
Caraco, Albert,
 
Carol, Martine, 1920-1967,
 
Ustinov, Peter,
 
Walbrook, Anton, 1900-1967,
 
Guisol, Henri, 1904-1994,
 
Delamare, Lise,
 
Dubost, Paulette,
 
Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984,
 
Galland, Jean, 1887-1967,
 
Quadflieg, Will,
 
Manson, Héléna, 1898-1994,
 
Delbat, Germaine, 1904-1988,
 
Esmond, Carl, 1904-2004,
 
Fayet, Jacques,
 
Domin, Friedrich, 1902-1961,
 
Finck, Werner, 1902-1978,
 
Desny, Ivan,
 
Eaubonne, Jean d', 1903-1971,
 
Auric, Georges, 1899-1983,
 
Météhen, Jacques.
 
Gug, Madeleine, 1913-1971,
 
Baum, Ralph.
 
Saint-Laurent, Cécil, 1919-2000.

Added Corporate Author
Gamma Films (Firm)
 
Florida Films (Company)
 
Union Film (Firm)
 
Films du Jeudi (Firm)
 
Cinémathèque française.
 
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Publisher
Criterion Collection,

Publication Date
2009
 
1955

ISBN
9781604652321

Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]

Call Number
DVD LOLAMON


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