Adrienne Lecouvreur (film) explained

Adrienne Lecouvreur
Director:Marcel L'Herbier
Starring:
Music:Maurice Thiriet
Cinematography:Fritz Arno Wagner
Editing:Boris de Fast
Studio:UFA
Distributor:L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Runtime:106 minutes
Language:French

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]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Anton Weber.

Plot

A famous actress and a Polish prince have an ill-fated love affair.

Cast

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adriana Lecouvreur. unifrance.org . 2014-02-17.