Madame DuBarry (1919 film)
Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch,[2] written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.
| Madame DuBarry | |
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 Ad for film, released in the United States as Passion | |
| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Paul Davidson |
| Written by | Norbert Falk Hanns Kräly |
| Based on | Memoirs d'un médecin by Alexandre Dumas |
| Starring | Pola Negri Emil Jannings |
| Music by | William Axt Hans Jönsson David Mendoza Alexander Schirmann |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl Kurt Waschneck |
| Edited by | Elfi Böttrich |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA (Germany) First National (USA) |
Release date | September 18, 1919 (German; premiere) November 26, 1919 (Denmark) December 12, 1920 (US; as Passion) |
Running time | 85 minutes 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent film |
It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.
Cast
- Pola Negri as Madame DuBarry, The Former Jeanne Vaubernier
- Emil Jannings as Louis XV
- Harry Liedtke as Armand de Foix
- Eduard von Winterstein as Count Jean DuBarry
- Reinhold Schünzel as Minister Choiseul
- Else Berna as Geneviève de Gramont
- Fred Immler as Duke of Richelieu
- Gustav Czimeg as Aiguillon
- Alexander Eckert as Paillet the shoemaker
Survival status
The film has been released on DVD.[3] In 2014, it was released on dual format Blu-ray and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema series.[1]
References
- Blu-ray.com - Madame DuBarry Blu-ray
- Scheunemann, Dietrich (1 January 2006). Expressionist Film: New Perspectives. Camden House. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1-57113-350-2.
- Home Video: Madame Du Barry at silentera.com
External links
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- Madame DuBarry at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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