Die Marquise von O... (The Marquise of O) (1976)
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The costume drama Die Marquise von O is French director Eric Rohmer's first feature-length theatrical release after a four-year break from filmmaking. Based on a novella by Henrich von Kleist, the dialogue is spoken in the original German language and the story is set in Italy during the 18th… More The costume drama Die Marquise von O is French director Eric Rohmer's first feature-length theatrical release after a four-year break from filmmaking. Based on a novella by Henrich von Kleist, the dialogue is spoken in the original German language and the story is set in Italy during the 18th century. Edith Clever plays the widowed Marquise, who is sexually assaulted by Russian soldiers and rescued by a Count (Bruno Ganz). Some time later, she has to explain to her parents (Peter Lühr and Edda Seippel) and brother (Otto Sander) why she's pregnant. Die Marquise von O won the Grand Jury Prize in the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. At least one of the home video releases and several capsule reviews erroneously state the film (and its parent novella) as unfolding during the Franco-Prussian wars, but both are actually set during the Napoleonic Wars, hence the presence of Russian troops. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Eric Rohmer
- Written By
- Eric Rohmer, Heinrich von Kleist
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1976 Wide
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The film's slow, stately pace and the quiet way in which it makes its points give it the aura of a neoclassical dream, a fading vision of the virtue of gentility.
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, Time Out
[Rohmer] opting, in his colour scheme, sets and camerawork, for a style that hovers between formalism and realism, and so further distances the viewer from the characters.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
It's a dazzling testament to the civilizing effects of several different arts, witty, joyous and so beautiful.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
The first of Rohmer's profoundly strange excursions into the past
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, Film4
A fascinating and sympathetic portrait of an abused woman is given life and depth by Rohmer's eloquent direction.
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Cast
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Edith Clever
as La Marquise
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Bruno Ganz
as Le Conte
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Edda Seippel
as Mother
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Otto Sander
as Brother
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Ruth Drexel
as Midwife
- Peter Luehr
- Peter Lühr
- Bernard Freyd
