The Earrings of Madame de...
It was her vanity that destroyed her.
7.5(259) 1953-04-16 105 minDramaRomance
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.
DirectorMax Ophüls
ScreenplayMarcel Achard
ScreenplayMax Ophüls
WriterAnnette Wademant
ProducerRalph Baum
Original Music ComposerOscar Straus
Original Music ComposerGeorges Van Parys
Cast & characters
Charles Boyer
as Général André de...
Danielle Darrieux
as Comtesse Louise de...
Vittorio De Sica
as Baron Fabrizio Donati
Jean Debucourt
as Monsieur Rémy
Jean Galland
as Monsieur de Bernac
Mireille Perrey
as La Nourrice
Paul Azaïs
as Le premier cocher
Jacques Josselin
as —
Hubert Noël
as Henri de Maleville
Lia Di Leo
as Lola
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Gérard Buhr
as Le douanier (uncredited)
Jean Toulout
as Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)
Madeleine Barbulée
as Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited)
Charles Bayard
as Un convive (uncredited)
Jacques Beauvais
as Un majordome (uncredited)
Jean Degrave
as Le clubman (uncredited)
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Claire Duhamel
as La demoiselle de compagnie (uncredited)
Guy Favières
as Julien (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
as Un soldat (uncredited)
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Serge Lecointe
as Jérome Rémy (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
as Un témoin (uncredited)
Daniel Mendaille
as Un passant (uncredited)
Albert Michel
as Le second cocher du baron (uncredited)
Robert Moor
as Un diplomate (uncredited)
