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Overview

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7.3/10   1,164 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Cécil Saint-Laurent (novel)
Annette Wademant (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
12 January 1956 (West Germany) more
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Plot:
The film tells the tragical story of the life of Lola Montes who was a great adventurer and stopped... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
cinemadaily | Criterion, Denver, and the Decade
 (From indieWIRE. 16 November 2009, 11:13 AM, PST)

Lola MONTÈS—Stefan Drössler Pfa Lecture
 (From Twitch. 3 November 2008, 9:16 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Bored less than expected more (18 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Martine Carol ... Lola Montes

Peter Ustinov ... Circus Master
Anton Walbrook ... Ludwig I, King of Bavaria
Henri Guisol ... Horseman Maurice
Lise Delamare ... Mrs. Craigie, Lola's mother
Paulette Dubost ... Josephine, The maid
Oskar Werner ... Student
Jean Galland ... Private Secretary
Will Quadflieg ... Franz Liszt
Héléna Manson ... Lieutenant James' Sister (as Helena Manson)
Germaine Delbat ... Stewardess
Carl Esmond ... Doctor (as Willy Eichberger)
Jacques Fayet ... Steward
Friedrich Domin ... Circus Manager
Werner Finck ... Wisböck, The artist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lola Montès (UK)
Lola Montez (West Germany)
The Sins of Lola Montes
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Runtime:
110 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | UK:PG (2000 video) | Sweden:15
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Max Ophüls' only film in color. more
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Referenced in Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) more

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2 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Bored less than expected, 30 August 2007
7/10
Author: pushnlacs from United States

Lola Montes- Essentially the true story of a women who kept more lovers than is generally accepted as proper, the fact that she lived during the 19th century only made this an even bigger ordeal.

Her dream was to be a dancer but this never really worked out and in the end her life story, due to people of the time being attracted to such scandal, is used as a circus attraction. It is through this circus performance and flash backs that we see her life story and what lead to her being a circus performer.

Honestly when all was said and done I was much less bored with the film than I would have expected. The film goes by at a decent pace though nothing of much excitement happens.

Ophuls direction is rather elegant. He creates some simple yet beautiful shots. Martine Carol in the role of Lola isn't what I'd usually call beautiful in a traditional sense but she does have a captivating quality to her.

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