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Madame

Original title: Madame Sans Gêne
  • 19611961
  • 1h 38m
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6.1/10
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Sophia Loren in Madame (1961)
ComedyDramaRomance
Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon's army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon's victory, s... Read allCatherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon's army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon's victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of D... Read allCatherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon's army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon's victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon's haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobi... Read all
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377
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    • Christian-Jaque
  • Writers
    • Christian-Jaque
    • Ennio De Concini
    • José Luis Dibildos
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Robert Hossein
    • Renaud Mary
    • Christian-Jaque
  • Writers
    • Christian-Jaque
    • Ennio De Concini
    • José Luis Dibildos
  • Stars
    • Sophia Loren
    • Robert Hossein
    • Renaud Mary
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    • 8User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Sophia Loren and Robert Hossein in Madame (1961)
    Sophia Loren and Robert Hossein in Madame (1961)
    Madame (1961)
    Sophia Loren and Julien Bertheau in Madame (1961)
    Sophia Loren and Robert Hossein in Madame (1961)
    Sophia Loren and Robert Hossein in Madame (1961)
    Sophia Loren in Madame (1961)
    Sophia Loren and Robert Hossein in Madame (1961)
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    Sophia Loren
    Sophia Loren
    • Catherine Hubscher, dite "Madame Sans-Gêne"
    Robert Hossein
    Robert Hossein
    • Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre
    Renaud Mary
    • Fouché
    Léa Gray
    Gianrico Tedeschi
    Gianrico Tedeschi
    • Roquet
    Marina Berti
    Marina Berti
    • Elisa Bonaparte
    Enrique Ávila
    Enrique Ávila
    • Le sergent Fricasse
    Carlo Giuffrè
    Carlo Giuffrè
    • Jérôme Bonaparte
    Fernando Sancho
    Fernando Sancho
    • Pommier
    Bruno Carotenuto
    • Blanchet - un garde
    Gabriella Pallotta
    Gabriella Pallotta
    • Héloïse
    Célina Cély
    • Anna dite Ziguette
    Analía Gadé
    Analía Gadé
    • Caroline Bonaparte
    • (as Annalia Gadé)
    Silvia Solar
    • Margot
    Evelyn Stewart
    Evelyn Stewart
      Licia Calderón
      Licia Calderón
      Laura Valenzuela
      Laura Valenzuela
      • Pauline Bonaparte
      Ángela Bravo
        • Christian-Jaque
      • Writers
        • Christian-Jaque
        • Ennio De Concini
        • José Luis Dibildos
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      • Trivia
        Italian censorship visa # 36239 delivered on 9-12-1961.
      • Goofs
        When the French revolutionary soldiers march against the Austrian camp, before Lefebvre sabotages the Austrian artillery, a large column of black smoke could be seen already, in the far distance.
      • Connections
        Featured in Cercando Sophia (2004)

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      9/10
      Sophia Loren as a washerwoman making a parallel career with Napoleon
      This is glorious French theatre all the way at its best, and of course Sophia Loren is predominantly the shining star that outshines even Napoleon, who nevertheless is very well played by Julien Bertheau, who is especially convincing as the young twerp fooling around with exploding artillery in Paris in August 1792. Christian-Jacques made many historical films and was if anyone an expert of them, and they are all sumptuous and glorious in rendering history alive. The washer-woman Sophia Loren, "Madame Sans-Gêne", meaning the lady who is not ashamed of herself, makes one of her best performances in this thoroughly French film and, as Napoleon admits himself, is the only one who masters him successfully. Since they knew each other well in the gunsmoke of the Paris revolutionary gutters, when it comes to a crisis and Napoleon threatens to dishonour her, forcing her to an involuntary divorce, she recalls the young prig Napoleon of the gutters and finds him rather changed as an emperor, while she hasn't changed at all and still knows how to rebuke him and put him in his place. It's above all glorious theatre, and the historical scenery gives the comedy full justice and a perfect frame. Any admirer of Sophia Loren should never miss this one.
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      • Feb 21, 2021

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      • Release date
        • February 13, 1963 (United States)
        • Italy
        • France
        • Spain
        • French
        • Italian
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      • Filming locations
        • Cosmopolitan Films, Tirrenia, Tuscany, Italy
      • Production companies
        • Ciné-Alliance
        • Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
        • G.E.S.I. Cinematografica
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      • 1 hour 38 minutes
        • Mono

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