Adrienne Lecouvreur is a 1938 French-German biographical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Junie Astor. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.[1]
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Directed by | Marcel L'Herbier |
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Based on | Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé |
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Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
Edited by | Boris de Fast |
Music by | Maurice Thiriet |
Production company | UFA |
Distributed by | L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
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Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Anton Weber.
A famous actress and a Polish prince have an ill-fated love affair.
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Adrienne Lecouvreur by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe (1849) | |
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