Ophüls' forgotten French gem: a love triangle where the furniture has more chemistry than half of Hollywood.
A young German officer's life is turned upside when he tries to end his affair with a married baroness after falling for an innocent young singer. French version of Ophuls' Liebelei.
Direction
Ophüls' gliding camera predicts his later masterpieces.
Acting
Schneider's fragile innocence against Gründgens' aristocratic menace.
Production
Vienna recreated in French studios with obsessive detail.
Director
Max Ophüls
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ophüls shot this French version immediately after the German Liebelei (1933) with largely the same cast, a common practice for European studios targeting multiple markets.
Gustaf Gründgens, who plays the cuckolded Baron, became Nazi Germany's most famous actor and the inspiration for Klaus Mann's Mephisto — adding eerie layers to his aristocratic villainy.
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