Madame DuBarry (1919 film)

Madame DuBarry
Ad for film, released in the United States as Passion
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Written by	Norbert Falk Hanns Kräly
Based on	Memoirs d'un médicin by Alexandre Dumas
Starring	Pola Negri Emil Jannings
Music by	William Axt Hans Jönsson David Mendoza Alexander Schirmann
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl Kurt Waschneck
Edited by	Elfi Böttrich
Distributed by	UFA (Germany) First National (USA)
Release dates	September 18, 1919 (German; premiere) November 26, 1919 (Denmark) December 12, 1920 (US; as Passion)
Running time	85 minutes 114 minutes^[1]
Country	Germany
Language	Silent film

Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch,^[2] written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly and its cast included Alexander Ekert, with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.

Cast

Pola Negri - Madame DuBarry, The Former Jeanne Vaubernier
Emil Jannings - Louis XV
Harry Liedtke - Armand de Foix
Eduard von Winterstein - Graf Jean DuBarry
Reinhold Schünzel - Minister Choiseul
Else Berna - Graefin Gramont
Fred Immler - Duke of Richelieu
Gustav Czimeg - Aiguillon

Survival status

The film has been released on DVD.^[3] In 2014, it was released on dual format Blu-ray and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema series.^[1]

References

1 2 Blu-ray.com - Madame DuBarry Blu-ray
↑ Scheunemann, Dietrich (1 January 2006). Expressionist Film: New Perspectives. Camden House. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-57113-350-2.
↑ Home Video: Madame Du Barry at silentera.com

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Madame DuBarry (1919 film).

Madame DuBarry at the Internet Movie Database
synopsis at AllMovie

Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Feature films	Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916) When Four Do the Same (1917) Die Augen der Mumie Ma (1918) Carmen (1918) Intoxication (1919) The Doll (1919) My Wife, the Movie Star (1919) The Oyster Princess (1919) Meyer from Berlin (1919) Madame DuBarry (1919) Sumurun (1920) Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1920) Anna Boleyn (1920) The Wild Cat (1921) The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) The Flame (1923) Rosita (1923) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) Kiss Me Again (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) So This Is Paris (1926) The Honeymoon Express (1926) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) The Patriot (1928) Eternal Love (1929) The Love Parade (1929) Monte Carlo (1930) Paramount on Parade (co-director) (1930) The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Broken Lullaby (1932) One Hour with You (1932) Trouble in Paradise (1932) Design for Living (1933) The Merry Widow (1934) Angel (1937) Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Ninotchka (1939) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) A Royal Scandal (1945) Cluny Brown (1946) That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Short films	I Don't Want to Be a Man Kohlhiesels Töchter If I Had a Million (segment "The Clerk")

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