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Lola Montès [videorecording]

Title
Lola Montès [videorecording]
Publication
1956.

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Additional Authors
  • Carol, Martine
  • Ustinov, Peter
  • Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967
  • Quadflieg, Will
  • Auric, Georges, 1899-1983
  • Annenkov, I︠U︡riĭ, 1889-1974
  • Karinska, Barbara
  • Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957
  • Pawlinin, Helge
Description
1 cassette. 111 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Dramatized biography of the 19th-century dancer and courtesan Lola Montez, presented as a circus show interspersed with flashbacks. Contains little actual dance, except for brief scenes of Lola as a ballet dancer and Spanish dancer.
Subjects
Note
  • Motion picture originally released by Gamma Film, Paris, in 1956; re-issued as a videocassette in 1987 by Embassy Home Entertainment, Los Angeles, California. Producer: Ralph Baum. Director: Max Ophüls.
  • Choreography: Helge Pawlinin. Music: Georges Auric. Screenplay: Franz Grieger, Annette Wademant, and Max Ophüls, after the novel La vie extraordinaire de Lola Montès, by Cecil St. Laurent. Dialogue: Jacques Natanson. Production design: Jean d'Eaubonne, assisted by Willy Schatz. Costumes: Marcel Escoffier (for Martine Carol), Georges Annenkov, assisted by Gromtseff and Karinska.
Performer (note)
  • Martine Carol (Lola Montès), Peter Ustinov (ringmaster), Anton Walbrook (Ludwig of Bavaria), Oscar Werner (student), Ivan Desny (James), Will Quadflieg (Franz Liszt), Henri Guisol (Maurice), Lise Delamare (Mrs. Craig), and others, including members of the Kröne circus troupe and dance students of Madame Carolus.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1325
OCLC
NYPY926006152-F
Title
Lola Montès [videorecording]
Imprint
1956.
Cast
Martine Carol (Lola Montès), Peter Ustinov (ringmaster), Anton Walbrook (Ludwig of Bavaria), Oscar Werner (student), Ivan Desny (James), Will Quadflieg (Franz Liszt), Henri Guisol (Maurice), Lise Delamare (Mrs. Craig), and others, including members of the Kröne circus troupe and dance students of Madame Carolus.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Lola Montes.
Added Author
Carol, Martine, actor.
Ustinov, Peter, actor.
Walbrook, Anton, 1896-1967, actor.
Quadflieg, Will, actor.
Auric, Georges, 1899-1983, composer (expression)
Annenkov, I︠U︡riĭ, 1889-1974, costume designer.
Karinska, Barbara, costume designer.
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957, film director, screenwriter.
Pawlinin, Helge, choreographer (expression)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1325
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