But, overall, i find it is a film that seems more complete and successful than i first thought. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Max ophuls explores the scandalous life of dancer and courtesan lola montes with a bittersweet empathy that turns melodrama into a tragic melancholy masterpiece. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lola montes near you. Lola montez 182161, stage name of elizabeth rosanna gilbert, irishborn spanish dancer and courtesan. Max ophuls was such a director, and his lola montes has as much unity of tone as any film i can remember. In march 2007, it topped the danish album chart as the best selling album, the first metal album ever to do so. Lola montes es una cortesana conocida en toda europa por sus. Shot in beautiful technicolor and showcasing the wonderful settings and. And yet, unlike those two films which had strong story continuity, and great characters all you get in lola montes is a vain diva whose life jumps back and. The english version was intended for international release and ran at 140 min.
Their version reduced the film from 140 to 90 minutes by abandoning the flashback structure in favor of a strict chronological rendering of the story. One which disappointed me when i first saw it, but to which ive returned time and again with pleasure and a growing respect. Cast and crew credits for lola montes, 1955, directed by max ophuls, with martine carol, anton walbrook, oskar werner, at turner classic movies. These are the amorous adventures of the beautiful lola montes, hispanic dancer who was lover to noblemen and kings in the turbulent european nineteenth century. Film criticdirector francois truffaut the audience is expecting a cream cake, but instead it gets a punch in the stomach. Lola montes dancer 19182008, stage name of chita equizabal, americanborn spanish dancer lola montez, a 1958 australian musical by alan burke, peter stannard and alan. They released their first album, the strengththe soundthe songs, in 2005 and the follow up, rock the rebelmetal the devil, was released in denmark on february 19, 2007, and in the rest of europe on february 26, 2007. Lola montes is a 1944 spanish historical drama film directed by antonio roman and starring conchita montenegro, luis prendes and jesus tordesillas. Lola montes, a 1955 feature film based on the life story of lola montez.
Lola montes was born on february 5, 1918 in new york city, new york, usa as gertrude tashma. Revel in the beauty of max ophulss tragic romances. Ricercatore potrebbe gustare film e rivista per vostro ipad. Interesting comments, as always, on both this film and lola montes, another. It could be called a biopic, i suppose, but that would be inaccurate. The mood, the music, the remarkably fluid camera movement, the sets, the costumes. Revel in the beauty of max ophulss tragic romances the.
Lola montes 1955 is a historical romance film and the last completed film of germanborn director max ophuls. Lola montes, at first glance, looks like it could have been made in the us it was the most expensive french film ever up to that point, but theres something more about it that puts it above what was going on across the atlantic at the time. Unknown woman 1948 o almas desnudas the reckless moment 1949. In swinging 1960s london, 16yearold high school student lola susan george does more than simply read the erotic literature penned by 39yearold american scott wardman charles bronson. The film tells the story of lola montes or, lola montez, a reallife 19th century femme fatale born eliza gilbert in ireland in 1821, who as a spanish dancer and actress became a courtesanmistress to a string of famous lovers including supposedly franz liszt and, finally, king ludwig i of bavaria, who made her countess of landsfeld. Andrew sarris in 1963 dubbed this film the greatest ever made, and although hes noted for his quirky opinions, hes no fool.
Montezs time in the australian goldfields was the subject of the musical lola montez staged in melbourne, brisbane, and sydney in 1958. Lola montes is based on the reallife exploits of a woman who defied the conventions of her time, squired many lovers, brought down a kingdom, and ultimately became a prisoner of her infamy and fame. The film tells the tragic story of lola montes, a great adventurer who becomes the main. It portrays the life of the irish dancer and courtesan lola montez. The original negative was cut for later versions, some of which attempted to force lolas flashbacks back into linear continuity. Jun 20, 2017 arabic, basque, bulgarian, croatian, english, estonian, french, greek, hungarian, persian, portuguese brazil, romanian, serbian, spanish, turkish subtitles. Lola montes, max ophuls last film, 6 was the first that he made in colour eastmancolor and cinemascope. A masterpiece, lola montes is certainly director max ophuls greatest. Lola montes trailer 1955 the criterion collection youtube. Mar 29, 2011 this feature is not available right now. With conchita montenegro, mariano alcon, joaquin burgos, antonio calero.
Lola montes je francuskozapadnonjemacki biografski film snimljen 1955. When lola montes failed so miserably with parisian audiences, the producers decided to recall all prints and despite ophulss protests, recut the film. Arabic, basque, bulgarian, croatian, english, estonian, french, greek, hungarian, persian, portuguese brazil, romanian, serbian, spanish, turkish subtitles. Nov 04, 2008 here is the rialto pictures trailer for lola montes, the newly restored masterpiece of max ophuls and a recent sensation at the cannes film festival. Join facebook to connect with lola montes and others you may know. Biopic of adventurer lola montes who ends up as a circus attraction after being romantically. The only flaw in the entire 90 minutes so far as i was concerned, and it was a minor one, was the. Nov 05, 2008 max ophuls was such a director, and his lola montes has as much unity of tone as any film i can remember. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. She was an actress, known for broadway television theatre 1952, the lady and the monster 1944 and allergic to love 1944.
Now she works in a seedy american circus, where a circus master. Volbeat is a heavy metal band from denmark, founded in 2001. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. Lola montes pelicula con subtitulos en espanol por tv5monde.
The 19thcentury courtesan recalls franz liszt and the king of bavaria. It is a series of vignettes offered to attendees of a circus where miss montes answers questions for a quarter and lets her hand be kissed for a dollar the french exchange rate comes into play, of course. I wonder if the film has been worked on because it literally. Max ophulss final film, lola montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a oneofakind movie spectacle. It is based on the life of the celebrated irish dancer and courtesan lola montez 18211861, portrayed by martine carol, and tells the story of the most famous of her many notorious affairs, those with franz liszt and ludwig i of bavaria. Max ophuls final film and his only movie in color is a cinematic tourdeforce. Displayed like one of the big tops wild animals in a disturbingly vulgar cage exhibit, lola is a fascinating symbol of passion upon which male fantasies can be projected.
Lettera da una sconosciuta max ophuls 1948 youtube. Max ophulss final film, lola montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a. Film letter from an unknown woman lola montes max ophuls metrograph. With the 2008 restoration that made the film the closest to ophuls original concept and vision, lola montes is mesmerizing. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. One of my alltime favorites 1948, a breathtaking, bitter, exquisitely orchestrated. Naslovna protagonistica, ciji lik tumaci martine carol, je lola montez, znamenita irska plesacica i kurtizana koja je zivjela u 19. The film is a colossal spectacle about colossal spectacles, and the extravagant palette, the cavernous sets, and the widescreen images in which ophuls entombs lola and carol contrast cruelly. Jan 05, 2018 revel in the beauty of max ophulss tragic romances. She died on may 16, 2008 in laguna woods, california, usa.
The movie remains a curious, queer and unsettling deconstruction of a womans place lola, brought to heel as a sideshow freak, and central. Shot in delicate color and impeccably composed widescreen compositions throughout by ophulss regular cinematographer christian matras, lola montes is his most beautiful and restrained film, a fitting swan song for one of the cinemas most sensitive directors. Film critic andrew sarris there are films that demand undivided attention. The story bears some similarities to lola montes, which he wouldnt. Revel in the beauty of max ophulss tragic romances the village.
Martine carol in lola montes 1955 peter ustinov and martine carol in lola montes 1955. The film maintains quite a bit of relevance in todays world of tabloid scandals, reality television where people are famous just for being famous, and sex sells any and everything. The public reaction after the world premiere in paris was riotous, and led to police intervention and production cuts of four scenes in the german and french versions, and that the english version was never shown. The film ends with lola in the circus, reduced to a static beauty desired by all but incapable of love.
Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. She was married to luis eduardo eguizabal and antonio triana. A week of the saddest, most sublime films ever made comes to the metrograph. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. She sells herself symbolically to hundreds of men at the same time. Jan, 2010 max ophulss final film, lola montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a oneofakind movie spectacle. Montez was the last role played by conchita montenegro, in the film lola montes 1944, with a moralizing script, directed by antonio roman. A beginners guide to max ophuls film school rejects. Once, lola montes martine carol was a famous cabaret dancer and the lover of many of 19thcentury europes most prominent men. Lola montes martine carol is a character within these sequences although a passive one. The movie is nice to look at with rich colors and interesting circus scenes.
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