The Earrings of Madame de...

1953 PG-13 1h 45m

7.5 / 10 256

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In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then 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, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.

Director Max Ophüls

Writers

Louise de Vilmorin Annette Wademant Marcel Achard

Stars

Charles Boyer Danielle Darrieux Vittorio De Sica

Charles Boyer

Général André de...

Danielle Darrieux

Comtesse Louise de...

Vittorio De Sica

Baron Fabrizio Donati

Le douanier (uncredited)

Jean Toulout

Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)

Madeleine Barbulée

Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited)

Charles Bayard

Un convive (uncredited)

Jacques Beauvais

Un majordome (uncredited)

Jean Degrave

Le clubman (uncredited)

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Claire Duhamel

La demoiselle de compagnie (uncredited)

Guy Favières

Julien (uncredited)

Émile Genevois

Un soldat (uncredited)

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Serge Lecointe

Jérome Rémy (uncredited)

Franck Maurice

Un témoin (uncredited)

Daniel Mendaille

Un passant (uncredited)

Albert Michel

Le second cocher du baron (uncredited)

Robert Moor

Un diplomate (uncredited)

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Max Mégy

Un domestique (uncredited)

Georges Paulais

Le premier témoin du duel (uncredited)

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Léon Pauléon

Un huissier (uncredited)

Colette Régis

La vendeuse de cierges (uncredited)

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Louis Saintève

Un passant (uncredited)

Michel Salina

Un témoin (uncredited)

Germaine Stainval

L'ambassadrice (uncredited)

Roger Vincent

Le second témoin du duel (uncredited)

Georges Vitray

Le vieux reporter (uncredited)

Léon Walther

L'administrateur (uncredited)

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René Worms

Un convive (uncredited)

Drama Romance

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Geronimo1967 20 Jun 2023

7/10

Yikes, but this is a classy and vivacious adaptation of de Vilmorin's novel of just why marriage isn't (or shouldn't be) for everyone. It all starts when the comtesse "Louise" (Danielle Darrieux) has to sell some jewellery to settle debts of which her husband - a renowned general "André" (Charles Boyer) is unaware. Now this action sets in train a chain reaction that sees these earrings provide a c...