Madame Desvarenne has two daughters, Micheline and Jeanne, her adopted daughter who fell in love with Prince Serge Panine. An unscrupulous adventurer, he marries Micheline for her fortune and soon reveals his true nature...
A remake of an English silent movie (1915) ,the plot is more or less the same. Film which would take place in Russia were trendy in French thirties. Russia comes home here in sthe shape of a fake prince played by a real aristocrat He was a member of the princely Trubetskoy family, son of Prince Nikolai Nikolaievich Troubetzkoy (1867-1949) ; he was driven away from his land by the 1917 Revolution and would live in America .
So who could be better than.an authentic highness to portray a handsome prince? Youcca Troubetzkoy remained unknown in France ,in spite of this melodrama ,but the cast was not: Françoise Rosay ,Pierre Renoir and Sylvia Bataille were household names over here .Thanks to them , the film displays some charm ; even the would be prince short of the readies ,who even sings a song in Russian, has enough charisma to win over a mom and both her daughters ,even though their attitude takes naiveté to new limits ; it a bit unlikely for a bossy businesswoman who rules over the family should accept so easily a fortune-hunter as her son-in-law.
A womanizer who cheats on his wife ,who woos an adventuress who married a wealthy American who could be her grandfather (third marriage) , who gambles the family dough away ,who forms an association with a crook ......And yet ,his wife still loves him .Mom will have to take emergency action .
A remake of an English silent movie (1915) ,the plot is more or less the same. Film which would take place in Russia were trendy in French thirties. Russia comes home here in sthe shape of a fake prince played by a real aristocrat He was a member of the princely Trubetskoy family, son of Prince Nikolai Nikolaievich Troubetzkoy (1867-1949) ; he was driven away from his land by the 1917 Revolution and would live in America .
So who could be better than.an authentic highness to portray a handsome prince? Youcca Troubetzkoy remained unknown in France ,in spite of this melodrama ,but the cast was not: Françoise Rosay ,Pierre Renoir and Sylvia Bataille were household names over here .Thanks to them , the film displays some charm ; even the would be prince short of the readies ,who even sings a song in Russian, has enough charisma to win over a mom and both her daughters ,even though their attitude takes naiveté to new limits ; it a bit unlikely for a bossy businesswoman who rules over the family should accept so easily a fortune-hunter as her son-in-law.
A womanizer who cheats on his wife ,who woos an adventuress who married a wealthy American who could be her grandfather (third marriage) , who gambles the family dough away ,who forms an association with a crook ......And yet ,his wife still loves him .Mom will have to take emergency action .
