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Lola Montès is a visually ravishing, narratively daring dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl, played by Martine Carol. With his customary cinematographic flourish and, for the first time, vibrant color, Max Ophuls charts the course of Montès’s scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) of the American circus where she has ended up performing. Ophuls’s final film, Lola Montès is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a one-of-a-kind movie spectacle.
Original Release
12/23/1955
US Release
04/20/1969
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Martine Carol | Lola Montes |
Anton Walbrook | Ludwig I, King of Bavaria / Ludwig I. von Bayern |
Henri Guisol | Horseman Maurice / Horsema Maurice |
Lise Delamare | Mrs. Craigie, Lola's mother / Lola's Mother |
Paulette Dubost | Josephine, The maid |
Oskar Werner | Student |
Jean Galland | Private Secretary |
Will Quadflieg | Franz Liszt |
Héléna Manson | Lieutenant James' Sister |
Germaine Delbat | Stewardess |
Directors
Writers
Peter Ustinov, Max Ophüls, Jacques Laurent, Annette Wademant, Jacques Natanson, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Franz Geiger
Cast
Name | Character |
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Martine Carol | Lola Montes |
Anton Walbrook | Ludwig I, King of Bavaria / Ludwig I. von Bayern |
Henri Guisol | Horseman Maurice / Horsema Maurice |
Lise Delamare | Mrs. Craigie, Lola's mother / Lola's Mother |
Paulette Dubost | Josephine, The maid |
Oskar Werner | Student |
Jean Galland | Private Secretary |
Will Quadflieg | Franz Liszt |
Héléna Manson | Lieutenant James' Sister |
Germaine Delbat | Stewardess |
Carl Esmond | Doctor |
Jacques Fayet | Steward |
Friedrich Domin | Circus Manager |
Werner Finck | Wisböck, The artist / Maler Wisböck |
Ivan Desny | Lieutenant Thomas James / Leutnant James |
Béatrice Arnac | Circus Rider |
Charles Bayard | Man in the box |
Ady Berber | Bulgakov |
Jacqueline Canterelle | Friend of conductor |
Alain Clairfond | Young man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Albert Caraco | Producer |
André Haguet | Producer |
Anton Schelkopf | Producer |