Blu-ray

Lola Montès [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Max Ophuls.

Saint-Laurent, Cécil, 1919-2000 Lola Montès. (Added Author). Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957 (Added Author). Carol, Martine, 1920-1967 (Added Author). Ustinov, Peter. (Added Author). Walbrook, Anton, 1900-1967 (Added Author). Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984 (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Martine Carol and Peter Ustinov with Anton Walbrook, Henry Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Friedrich Domin and Héléna Manson. (Cast).

Summary:

"Lola Montes is a visually ravishing, narratively daring dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl, played by Martine Carol. With his customary cinematographic flourish and, for the first time, vibrant color, Max Ophuls charts Montes's scandalous past through the bombastic ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) of the American circus where she ends up performing. Ophuls's final film, Lola Montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a meticulous, one-of-a-kind movie spectacle."--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 9781604652321
ISBN: 1604652330
Physical Description: 1 blu-ray videodisc (114 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent. Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Special features: Disc one: New, restored high-definition digital transfer ; audio commentary featuring Max Ophuls scholar Susan White ; Disc two: "Max Ophuls ou le plaisir de tourner:" a 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of Ophuls's collaborators ; "Max by Marcel:" a new documentary by Marcel Ophuls about his father and the making of Lola Montès ; silent footage of martine Carol demonstrating the various hairstyles in Lola Montés ; theatrical re-release trailer from Rialto Pictures ; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Janus Films ; Gamma-Film prèsente un film de Max Ophuls ; une co-production Gamma, Florida, Union Films ; directed by Max Ophuls ; screenplay by Annette Wademant, Max Ophuls ; dialogue by Jacques Natanson ; producer, Albert Caraco.
Participant or Performer Note:	Martine Carol and Peter Ustinov with Anton Walbrook, Henry Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Friedrich Domin and Héléna Manson.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.
Language Note:	In French with optional English subtitles.