Madame Pompadour (1931 film)

Madame Pompadour (German: Die Marquise von Pompadour) is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn.[1] Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame Pompadour and Louis XV of France. A separate French version Un caprice de la Pompadour was also released.

Madame Pompadour
Directed byWilli Wolff
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Music by
CinematographyWilly Hameister
Production
company
Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Distributed byDeutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date
  • 8 January 1931 (1931-01-08)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles.

The film is not based on the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall.

Cast

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 156

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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