Lola Montès (1955)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 56min
- Biography, Drama
- 23 Dec 1955 (France)
- Movie
When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.
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- 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Martine Carol | ... |
Lola Montes
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Peter Ustinov | ... |
Circus Master
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Anton Walbrook | ... |
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria
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Henri Guisol | ... |
Horseman Maurice
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Lise Delamare | ... |
Mrs. Craigie, Lola's mother
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Paulette Dubost | ... |
Josephine, The maid
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Oskar Werner | ... |
Student
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Jean Galland | ... |
Private Secretary
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Will Quadflieg | ... |
Franz Liszt
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Héléna Manson | ... |
Lieutenant James' Sister
(as Helena Manson)
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Germaine Delbat | ... |
Stewardess
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Carl Esmond | ... |
Doctor
(as Willy Eichberger)
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Jacques Fayet | ... |
Steward
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Friedrich Domin | ... |
Circus Manager
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Werner Finck | ... |
Wisböck, The artist
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Ivan Desny | ... |
Lieutenant Thomas James
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Béatrice Arnac | ... |
Circus Rider (uncredited)
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Maurice Barnay | ... |
(uncredited)
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Charles Bayard | ... |
Man in the box (uncredited)
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Ady Berber | ... |
Bulgakov (uncredited)
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Jacqueline Canterelle | ... |
Friend of conductor (uncredited)
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Alain Clairfond | ... |
Young man (uncredited)
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Yvonne Dany | ... |
(uncredited)
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Eddy Debray | ... |
Captain (uncredited)
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Roger Dutoit | ... |
Seaman (uncredited)
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Jeanine Fabre | ... |
Girl (uncredited)
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Jean Filliez | ... |
(uncredited)
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Aimée Fontenay | ... |
(uncredited)
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Otto Friebel | ... |
Secretary (uncredited)
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Anton Färber | ... |
Lola's footman (uncredited)
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Margarete Haagen | ... |
Anna (uncredited)
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Harry-Max | ... |
Man in the box (uncredited)
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Heinrich Hauser | ... |
Lola's footman (uncredited)
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Hélène Iawkoff | ... |
(uncredited)
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Walter Kiaulehn | ... |
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
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Alfons Kiechle | ... |
Inn-keeper (uncredited)
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Alexander Malachowsky | ... |
Lola's footman (uncredited)
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Daniel Mendaille | ... |
Captain (uncredited)
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Bob Morel | ... |
Man in the box (uncredited)
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Bernard Musson | ... |
(uncredited)
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Marcel Ophüls | ... |
(uncredited)
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Léon Pauléon | ... |
Passenger (uncredited)
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Billy Phillipsen | ... |
(uncredited)
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Claude Pinoteau | ... |
Conductor Claudio Pirotto (uncredited)
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Suzanne Pinoteau | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Philippe Richard | ... |
Colonel (uncredited)
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Yves Rozec | ... |
Aerealist (uncredited)
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Willy Rösner | ... |
Prime minister (uncredited)
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Hans Schwarz Jr. | ... |
Wrestler (uncredited)
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Leo Siedler | ... |
Mittenhöfer (uncredited)
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Victor Tabournot | ... |
Man in the box (uncredited)
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Maguy Vernadet | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Victor Vina | ... |
Man in the box (uncredited)
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Elinor von Wallerstein | ... |
Queen (uncredited)
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Gustav Waldau | ... |
Trainer Jeppner (uncredited)
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Directed by
Max Ophüls | ... | (as Max Ophuls) |
Written by
Jacques Laurent | ... | (based on the novel by: "La vie extraordinaire de Lola Montès") (as Cécil Saint Laurent) |
Max Ophüls | ... | (scenario) (as Max Ophuls) |
Annette Wademant | ... | (adaptation) & |
Max Ophüls | ... | (adaptation) (as Max Ophuls) |
Jacques Natanson | ... | (dialogue) |
Peter Ustinov | ... | (dialogue: English version) (uncredited) |
Jean-Paul Le Chanois | ... | (co-adaptation) (uncredited) |
Franz Geiger | ... | (dialogue: German version) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Albert Caraco | ... | producer |
André Haguet | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Anton Schelkopf | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Georges Auric |
Cinematography by
Christian Matras |
Editing by
Madeleine Gug | ||
Jacqueline Sadoul | ... | (uncredited) |
Adolf Schlyssleder | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
Etiennette Muse | ... | assistant editor |
Hannes Nikel | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Rosa Ring | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Jean d'Eaubonne | ... | (as Jean D'Eaubonne) |
Set Decoration by
Robert Christidès |
Costume Design by
Georges Annenkov |
Makeup Department
Jean Lalaurette | ... | hair stylist |
Maguy Vernadet | ... | makeup artist |
Jules Chanteau | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
Georg Jauss | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Charlotte Müller | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Jonas Müller | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Ralph Baum | ... | production manager |
Karlheinz Först | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Georg Markl | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Paule Pastier | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Helmut Ringelmann | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aboyantz | ... | assistant director |
Marcel Ophüls | ... | assistant director (as Marcel Wall) |
Ulrich Picard | ... | assistant director (as Ulrich Pickardt) |
Claude Pinoteau | ... | assistant director |
Alain Jessua | ... | trainee assistant director (uncredited) |
Adolf Schlyssleder | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Pierre Duquesne | ... | assistant set decorator (as P. Duquesne) |
Jacques Gut | ... | assistant designer / assistant set decorator (as J. Gut) |
Willy Schatz | ... | assistant production designer |
Werner Wappler | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Hans Endrulat | ... | sound engineer (as H. Endrulat) |
Jean Nény | ... | sound engineer (as J. Neny) |
Antoine Petitjean | ... | sound engineer (as A. Petitjean) |
Visual Effects by
Wilson Tang | ... | digital restoration |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ernest Bourreaud | ... | assistant camera (as E. Bourreaud) |
Alain Douarinou | ... | camera operator |
Luc Mirot | ... | assistant camera (as L. Mirot) |
Raymond Voinquel | ... | still photographer |
Michael Ballhaus | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Henri Champion | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Ferdinand Rotzinger | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Felicitas Bergmann | ... | costume supervisor |
Marcel Escoffier | ... | costumes: Martine Carol |
Marie Gromtseff | ... | costume execution (as Gromtseff) |
Barbara Karinska | ... | costume execution (as Karinska) |
Ursula Maes | ... | costume supervisor |
Madeleine Rabusson | ... | costumer (as M. Rabusson) |
Jean Zay | ... | costumer (as J. Zay) |
Suzanne Pinoteau | ... | wardrobe: Martine Carol (uncredited) |
Monique Plotin | ... | assistant costume designer (uncredited) / costumer (uncredited) |
Madeleine Rabusson | ... | assistant costume designer (uncredited) |
Jean Zay | ... | assistant costume designer (uncredited) |
Music Department
Jacques Météhen | ... | musical director (as Jacques Métehen) |
Script and Continuity Department
Lucie Lichtig | ... | script girl |
Eva Ebner | ... | script girl (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Tony Aboyantz | ... | production assistant |
Aimée Fontenay | ... | trapeze number |
André Hoss | ... | general manager |
Martina Müller | ... | reconstruction |
Helge Pawlinin | ... | choreographer |
Roger Peré | ... | administrative director |
Peter S. Petrona | ... | technical advisor: circus |
Yves Rozec | ... | trapeze number |
Richard Balducci | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Claude Vernier | ... | dialogue coach: Martine Carol (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Gamma Film (presents)
- Gamma Film (co-production)
- Florida Films (co-production)
- Union-Film (co-production)
Distributors
- Gamma Film (1955) (France) (theatrical)
- Union-Film-Verleih (1956) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Brandon Films (1969) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (subtitled)
- Filmmuseum München (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Filmtrade (2008) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Manhattan Films International (1959) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Proserpa Films (2022) (Spain) (theatrical) (subtitled version) (4K restored)
- Regent Films (1957) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Rialto Pictures (2008) (United States) (theatrical) (restored version) (subtitled)
- Sascha Filmverleih (1956) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Solaris Distribution (2020) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (restored version)
- Sophie Dulac Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical) (digital remaster)
- Vértice 360 (2010) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
- Canal+ (1986) (France) (tv)
- Edition Filmmuseum (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Gaumont Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD) (restored version) (box-set)
- Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- New Gold Entertainment (1955) (Italy)
- Second Sight Films (2009) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (restored version)
- The Criterion Collection (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- The Criterion Collection (2010) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Capobianco (shoes)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction of a circus after being the lover of various important European men. Written by Volker Boehm |
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Taglines | The frank and shocking story of the world's most famous woman of scandal! See more » |
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Budget | FRF650,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Director Max Ophüls' final movie, and his only movie in color. See more » |
Goofs | When the Circus Master first tries to recruit Lola, he lists San Francisco as an important North American city, and includes Buffalo Bill in a list of major circus figures. This scene is set shortly before Montez left for Bavaria, so it must be late 1845 or early 1846. San Francisco was called Yerba Buena until 1847, and the name Buffalo Bill was first applied in the 1860s to Buffalo Bill Cody, who was born in 1846. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Fatale beauté (1994). See more » |
Quotes |
Lola Montes:
When a man is attractive, and you are terribly attractive, it's easy to yield, to hold on, to go almost too far. Now we are embarrassed by all those follies. We are starting to watch each other. We are trying to find each other again, to recognize ourselves, and our answers become questions. See more » |