List of the best Max Opuls movies: Letter From an Unknown Woman(1948), The Earrings of Madame De ...(1953), La Ronde(1950), The Reckless Moment(1949), The Exile(1948), La signora di tutti(1934), Liebelei(1933) ... ...
Romance
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Director
Joan Fontaine Louis Jourdan Mady Christians Marcel Journet Art Smith Carol Yorke Howard Freeman
pianist young woman husband son servant somber moving vienna family home hospital opera house apartment unrequited love betrayal affair dueling letter writing forbidden love discovery quest
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
Drama
France|Italy
1953
105 Minutes
Director
Charles Boyer Danielle Darrieux Vittorio De Sica Jean Debucourt Jean Galland Mireille Perrey Paul Azais Hubert Noël
general wife mistress jeweler aristocrat unrestrained passionate paris constantinople opera house infidelity affair aristocracy betrayal jewelry forbidden love transformation 19th century
When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
Comedy
France
1950
97 Minutes
Director
Anton Walbrook Simone Simon Daniel Gélin Serge Reggiani Simone Signoret Danielle Darrieux Fernand Gravey Odette Joyeux Jean-Louis Barrault Isa Miranda Gérard Philipe
narrator prostitute soldier maid wealthy man actress emotional hedonistic austria vienna romance adultery infidelity love triangle deception love temptation 1900s
Vignettes revolving around a circle of interconnected love.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1949
82 Minutes
Director
James Mason Joan Bennett Geraldine Brooks Henry O'Neill Shepperd Strudwick David Bair Roy Roberts Frances E. Williams Paul E. Burns Danny Jackson Claire Carleton
wife daughter boyfriend gangster murder suspect police officer dark intricate intense family home boat crime scene police station southern california accidental death murder blackmail cover-up unlikely allies crime
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Adventure
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maria Montez Paula Corday Henry Daniell Nigel Bruce Robert Coote Otto Waldis Milton Owen Colin Keith-Johnston Ben Wright Colin Kenny
heir farm girl colonel countess soldier thrilling rousing spirited striking england netherlands countryside barn windmill king charles ii royalty exile unlikely romance conspiracy honor
Charles II, the King of England, finds himself in exile in Holland, where he falls in love with a beautiful farm-girl.
Drama
1934
90 Minutes
Director
Luigi Barberi Memo Benassi Friedrich Benfer Gildo Bicci Andrea Checchi Franco Coop Nelly Corradi Mario Ferrari Achille Majeroni Alfredo Martinelli Isa Miranda
Romance
1933
88 Minutes
Director
Magda Schneider Wolfgang Liebeneiner Luise Ulrich Olga Tschechowa Carl Esmond Gustaf Gründgens Paul Hoerbiger Paul Otto
An Austrian lieutenant (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) engaged in a sexual affair with a baron's wife falls in love with a young woman (Magda Schneider).