Directed by:
Max OphülsCinematography:
Christian MatrasCast:
Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt, Jean Galland, Paul Azaïs, Mireille Perrey, Madeleine Barbulée, Colette Régis (more)VOD (1)
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When, beset by debt, the titular Countess Louise (Danielle Darrieux) decides to sell a pair of earrings that were a wedding gift from her husband André (Charles Boyer), she unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will have serious consequences not only for the Parisian couple but for André's mistress and for an Italian Baron (Vittorio De Sica), who purchased the, by then, much-travelled jewellery. Featuring nuanced performances by all three lead actors and directed by celebrated auteur Max Ophuls, this intricately constructed and elegantly designed drama is a searing study of fateful passion wound up in deceits, deals and desires. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Charles Boyer
France
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Danielle Darrieux
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Marie-October (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Vittorio De Sica
Italy
Best movies:
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)
Villa Borghese (1953)
Jean Debucourt
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Fearless Little Soldier (1952)
Jean Galland
France
Best movies:
Wooden Crosses (1932)
Fantômas (1932)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Paul Azaïs
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Mireille Perrey
France
Best movies:
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Knock (1951)
Madeleine Barbulée
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Les Misérables (1958)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Colette Régis
France
Best movies:
This Special Friendship (1964)
The Truth (1960)
La Nuit est mon royaume (1951)
Albert Michel
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
Gérard Buhr
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Émile Genevois
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Rififi (1955)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
Hubert Noël
France
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Les Misérables (1982)
Jean Degrave
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
The President (1961)
Georges Paulais
France
Best movies:
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Gervaise (1956)
Eldorado (1921)
Franck Maurice
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
God's Thunder (1965)
Service Entrance (1954)
Michel Salina
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
The Battle of the Rails (1946)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Guy Favières
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Daniel Mendaille
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Judgment of the God (1952)
Germaine Stainval
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)