Art Smith, Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan
On a rainy night in turn-of-the-century Vienna, Stefan Brand's friends drive him home and tell him they will return to collect him for his duel at dawn. Stefan informs his mute butler John that he has...( read more
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A young girl's infatuation with a womanizing concert pianist ends in tragedy. What I like best about this elegant weepie is the way that it gently subverts Fontaine's typical screen persona. At first glance, her character is every bit as mousy and vulnerable as usual, but behind ...( read more)
honestly cant remember anything about this. rated it somewhere else before i was on flixster. it must've been good though for me to give it four stars then
You have to feel this movie.It's been quite some time and the leftovers are sheer gratitude of the melodrama of our protagonists.Ophuls conquered Hollywood by reversing the stereotypical mechanisms and bringing a fresh air.Fontaine may shine for example yet it's that tormenting t...( read more)
*Interesting film full of characters that lack redeeming characteristics, but who are still throughly sympathetic. Discussion of implied author.
The film's literate screenplay was written by previous Academy Award winner Howard Koch (screenwriter for Casablanca (1942)), and adapted from a 1922 short story by Stefan Zweig. Fontaine's own production company produced the film. John Houseman, Orson Welles' former partner and ...( read more)
Amongst the greatest of all films. stunning central performances by Jourdan and Fontaine. Ophuls is a great director and this is possibly his finest film (definitely his best English language effort) I truly adore this film.
joan fontaine was star and co-producer of this lush, sob-filled film about a woman that loves once and none too wisely in her short life. louis jourdan makes a handsome object of desire. fontaine wears some of travis banton's last designs for film in this piece, which is direct...( read more)
Basically, this was just a well done film. Not the best and somewhat corny (however not nearly as corny as the ones from the silent era) it still packs a punch. Sad a nd sweet, I would love to see this as a remake... I don't know how it would do as a modern remake, might do okay,...( read more)
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