Lola Montès

„Lola Montès“ is a historical film about the life of the dancer Lola Montez, mistress of the Bavarian King Ludwig I. It was directed by Max Ophüls, with camera work by Christian Matras and music by Georges Auric. Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Oskar Werner and Anton Walbrook (Anton Wohlbrück) appear in it. The film is a circus of diverse fantastical worlds of images in CinemaScope and an eternal work of film history.

Written by a model, sources: bundesplatz-kino.de

7.9Very good

The review praises the elegant visual style, artful episodic structure and ironic attack on sensation-hungry audiences, calling it a masterpiece. Contemporary producers cut and butchered the film, and audiences initially rejected it.

Reviews: Filmdienst, TMDb