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The Earrings of Madame de...

The Earrings of Madame de...

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 16, 1953

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

75%

Original Title

Madame de…

Production Companies

Franco London Films, Indusfilms, Rizzoli Film

Director

Max Ophüls

Description

In France of the late 19th century, the wife of a wealthy general, the Countess Louise, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts; she claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, & her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.