Lola Montès
(DVD)

Time listed on some copies: 115 min.

Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.

"Les Films du Jeudi"--Container.

"La Cinémathèque française"--Container.

Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary featuring Max Ophuls scholar Susan White; theatrical re-release trailer from Rialto Pictures. 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. Booklet features an essay by critic Gary Giddins.

Cinematographer, Christian Matras ; editor, Madeleine Gug ; music, Georges Auric.

Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Henry Guisol, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost, Oskar Werner, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Friedrich Domin, Héléna Manson.

The life of a young woman who was a showgirl, had affairs with kings, became a courtesan, and traveled the world trying to fit in. Charts the course of Montès's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she has ended up performing.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.55:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., restored High-Definition digital transfer, NTSC.

French dialogue, English subtitles.