A country girl finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.
Direction
Ophüls' camera already dancing before he became famous for it.
Acting
Simone Berriau's tragic eyes could stop traffic in any century.
Director
Max Ophüls
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ophüls shot this in France after fleeing Germany; it's his only surviving pre-war feature, with others lost or destroyed.
The original play by Colette was far more explicit about Divine's sex work—censors made Ophüls soften it to 'chorus girl.'
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