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.

Everybody's Woman

1934

Italian

7.3

♡ 2

Max Ophüls Director

Elena Zareschi as

Maria Puccini as

Achille Majeroni as Il portiere del teatro

Mario Ferrari as Il produttore cinamatografico

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.

La Ronde

1950

French

7.5

♡ 7

94%

Max Ophüls Director

Serge Reggiani as Franz

Simone Signoret as Léocadie

Simone Simon as Marie

Anton Walbrook as Raconteur

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.

Laughing Heirs

1933

German

6.2

♡ 2

Action

Comedy

Romance

Max Ophüls Director

Illo Gutschwager as Junger Gast bei Schlemmel

Friedl Haerlin as Nebenrolle

Elfriede Jera as Sekretärin von Robert Stamm

Heinrich Gotho as Verwandter bei der Testamentseröffnung

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.

The Earrings of Madame De...

1953

French

7.9

♡ 9

97%

Max Ophüls Director

Charles Boyer as Général André de...

Hubert Noël as Henri de Maleville

Paul Azaïs as Le premier cocher

Daniel Mendaille as Un passant

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.

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

English

7.8

♡ 5

100%

Max Ophüls Director

Ramsay Hill as Col. Steindorf

John Elliott as Flower Vendor

Betty Blythe as Frau Kohner

Joan Fontaine as Lisa Berndle

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.

Lola Montès

1955

French

7.2

♡ 9

82%

new orleans, louisiana

Romance

Max Ophüls Director

Peter Ustinov as Circus Master

Philippe Richard as Colonel

Martine Carol as Lola Montes

Oskar Werner as Student

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

The Reckless Moment

1949

English

7.1

♡ 9

73%

parent child relationship

preserved film

Max Ophüls Director

Joan Bennett as Lucia Harper

John Roy as Man

Harry Harvey as Post Office Clerk

Norman Leavitt as Second Postal Clerk

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Le Plaisir

1952

French

7.5

♡ 9

80%

Max Ophüls Director

Roland Lesaffre as Bit part

Simone Simon as Joséphine - le modèle

Paul Azaïs as Le patron du bal

Peter Ustinov as Narrator

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.

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Everybody's Woman

La Ronde

Laughing Heirs

The Earrings of Madame De...

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Lola Montès

The Reckless Moment

Le Plaisir