When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
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Title: The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
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| Charles Boyer | ... | Général André de... | |
| Danielle Darrieux | ... | Comtesse Louise de... | |
| Vittorio De Sica | ... | Baron Fabrizio Donati | |
| Jean Debucourt | ... | Monsieur Rémy | |
| Jean Galland | ... | Monsieur de Bernac | |
| Mireille Perrey | ... | La Nourrice | |
| Paul Azaïs | ... | Le premier cocher | |
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Josselin | ||
| Hubert Noël | ... | Henri de Maleville | |
| Lia Di Leo | ... | Lola | |
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In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift: she needs money to cover her debts. The general secretly buys the earrings again and gives them to his mistress, Lola, leaving to go to Constantinople. Where an Italian diplomat, Baron Donati, buys them. Back to Paris, Donati meets Louise... So now Louise discovers love and becomes much less frivolous. Written by Yepok
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1890s | title same as book | title appears in writing | female protagonist | death of title character |Taglines:
It was her vanity that destroyed her. See more »Parents Guide:
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music: Oscar Straus
lyrics: Robert Gilbert & Armin Robinson
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Ranked number 58 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018. See more »Goofs
When the general gives the earrings to Lola on the train, she is crying and has her little bag on her lap. In the next cut, the bag is on the table. See more »Quotes
Comtesse Louise de...: I've answered all your letters, my love. But I never had the courage to mail my replies.See more »
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Einmal im Leben ...(L'amour m'emporte)music: Oscar Straus
lyrics: Robert Gilbert & Armin Robinson
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19 July 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$15,409, 18 March 2007Gross USA:
$130,561Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$135,636Company Credits
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Max Ophuls directs this tale of romance and jealousy set near turn-of-the century France. Danielle Darrieux plays the unsatisfied wife of an adulterous French General, Charles Boyer. In order to pay off other frivolous expenses she has incurred, she sells off the earrings that her husband had presented to her on the day after their wedding, and then claims that she lost them. She meets a princely Baron, Vittorio de Sica, and romance slowly blooms. Meanwhile, the earrings she has sold keep turning up in her life only to haunt her. The three leads are wonderful, as is the atmosphere in this luxuriously elegant French film. The change in Darrieux's feelings for the earrings keeps the film fascinating throughout. The emotions of all the characters are presented in a romantic, yet somehow realistic nature.