Unique color film by Max Ophuls, a splendid Baroque fresco

In New Orleans, under a giant tent, the public came in large numbers to discover the new sensation of the moment: the sulphurous Lola Montès, once a dancer and gallant woman who had for lovers Franz Liszt and Louis I of Bavaria. The one who was adored throughout the world is now given as food to the spectators and condemned to relive each evening the highlights of her tumultuous existence, staged by the troupe...

Last film by Max Ophuls, Lola Montès is a breathtakingly beautiful melodrama, a grandiose fresco on a woman with a tragic destiny, embodied by the sublime Martine Carol ( Lucrezia Borgia ). A virtuoso in staging and storytelling, the director of La Ronde also calls out through his reflection on celebrity and its power of fascination. A cursed masterpiece that has become a centerpiece of cinema, Lola Montès can be found in a restored version.

LOLA MONTES
(1955 – Colors – 115 mins)
Master Restored

SUPPLEMENTS

. MARTINE CAROL'S HAIRSTYLES TESTS

. ORIGINAL TRAILER