Adrienne Lecouvreur
MovieTitle | Adrienne Lecouvreur |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Oct 28, 1938 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Marcel L'Herbier |
Production country | Germany, France |
Production companies | L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE), UFA |
Run time | 106 min. |
Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.