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Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/12006/
74
/219/
74
/250/
4.1
/22919/
97
/36/
90
/154/

The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
In late 19th century France, the Countess Louise, wife of a wealthy general, sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off her secret debts, then claims to have lost them. Her husband quickly learns of the deceit, which is the beginning of many tragic misunderstandings, all involving the earrings, the general, the countess, and her new lover, the Italian Baron Donati.
poster
The Roku Channel
83
81
7.8
/14737/
76
/322/
78
/330/
4.1
/23352/
100
/25/
85
/171/

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
7.2
/6553/
68
/106/
68
/139/
3.9
/11144/
82
/34/
77
/105/

Lola Montès (1955)
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
71
7.4
/6430/
70
/86/
73
/135/
3.9
/9061/
94
/18/
83
/74/
82
/9/

La Ronde (1950)
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
68
7.5
/5763/
70
/106/
75
/131/
3.9
/8252/
80
/10/
85
/40/

Le Plaisir (1952)
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
66
7.0
/4717/
68
/106/
65
/95/
3.7
/5940/
100
/9/
77
/34/

Caught (1949)
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.
poster
70
61
7.1
/6305/
67
/120/
67
/133/
3.6
/7302/
73
/61/

The Reckless Moment (1949)
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
poster
73
46
7.3
/1104/
67
/24/
68
/33/
3.8
/1449/
83
/124/

Everybody's Woman (1934)
Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
poster
73
39
7.5
/1657/
62
/24/
68
/35/
3.8
/1812/
88
/9/

Liebelei (1933)
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
poster
Kanopy
70
20
7.3
/556/
67
/8/
69
/14/
3.7
/848/

There's No Tomorrow (1940)
Evelyne, a woman of bourgeois origin, now reduced to dancing in a sleazy nightclub, is reunited with her first love, who has become a successful doctor.
poster
64
11
6.6
/598/
55
/4/
61
/8/
3.5
/519/
69
/4/

The Exile (1947)
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
poster
?
6.8
/29/

Ave Maria de Schubert (1935)
Performance of Schubert's Ave Maria.
poster
?
6.0
/25/

A Man Has Been Stolen (1934)
A young man is kidnapped by his business competitors, but the jailer falls in love with the man she has to keep a prisoner. A lost film.
poster
?
6.3
/96/
60
/1/
56
/5/

Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin (1936)
Max Ophuls directs this short film of Chopin's Valse Brillante.
poster
66
?
6.6
/286/
50
/1/
64
/7/
3.4
/249/

The Novel of Werther (1938)
Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has been promised to another, Werther's superior, Judge Hochstätten. Werther and Charlotte decide to keep their romance from the judge and each descends into depression. Will they be able to keep their feelings a secret?
poster
70
?
6.6
/201/
80
/2/
57
/3/
80
/1/

The Trouble with Money (1936)
Respected banker Karel Brand is seen as a marketable emblem of probity. When he loses 350,000 guilders, his reputation is tarnished – without the respect attached to it, he loses his job. Brand becomes unemployable, and his creditors suddenly start calling in their debts. His young daughter Willy suffers the same fate.
poster
66
?
6.4
/189/
70
/4/
65
/4/
3.4
/208/

Divine (1935)
A country girl finds work as a chorus girl in Paris, gets embroiled with a bad egg, and then finds true love with a good-looking milkman.
poster
?
6.8
/20/

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil (1931)
Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his prayer. (Lost film.)
poster
?
6.8
/67/
38
/4/

Love Story (1933)
A young German officer's life is turned upside when he tries to end his affair with a married baroness after falling for an innocent young singer. French version of Ophuls' Liebelei.
poster
68
?
6.3
/284/
80
/2/
57
/5/
3.3
/220/

Laughing Heirs (1933)
After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but ‘for reasons of moral rectitude’ he has no intention of running an ‘alcoholic business’. The opening of the will comes as a surprise to all the potential heirs.
poster
62
?
6.2
/168/
65
/5/
61
/8/

The Company's in Love (1932)
The story follows a movie crew who is filming a musical in a small and idyllic alpine village. After their temperamental leading lady drops out of the film, they decide to replace her with the village's young post office clerk Gretl, who returns to Berlin with them. There she has to struggle with the movie's all-male crew, who all try to woo and win her.
poster
63
?
6.4
/224/
60
/2/
58
/6/
3.5
/202/

The Bartered Bride (1932)
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she is promised Wenzel, the son of another wealthy farmer. Marie refuses to marry Wenzel because of Hans, but the marriage arranger tries to "buy" Marie from Hans. But when Wenzel tells Hans that he doesn't want to marry Marie either because he loves circus director Brummel's daughter, Hans decides to accept the offer of money for not interfering in the relations of Hans and Marie. But when Marie hears about this, she doesn't want to see Hans again.
poster
65
?
6.6
/295/
70
/1/
59
/8/
3.4
/488/

The Tender Enemy (1936)
Line, Annette's daughter, is about to marry a man she's not in love with. At the engagement party three ghosts revisit their disastrous relationships with Annette and decide to take action to help Line.
poster
68
?
6.7
/336/
70
/12/
3.4
/436/

From Mayerling to Sarajevo (1940)
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due to his dangerous political ideas. Sent on a tour of inspections and inaugurations, he falls in love with Countess Sophie Chotek.
poster
66
?
6.4
/227/
37
/4/
80
/1/
3.5
/271/

Yoshiwara (1937)
Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in the Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.
poster
?

L'école des femmes (1940)
A man's clumsy attempts to marry his young naive ward. Ophuls' idea was: show the Louis Jouvet theater troupe, which had decamped to Geneva, playing for an audience and show things like the actors getting made up, and going behind stage.


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