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Madame Pompadour (1931 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Madame Pompadour' is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn. 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.
Location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles.
The film is not based on the operetta 'Madame Pompadour' by Leo Fall.
Cast
*Anny Ahlers as Marquise von Pompadour
*Kurt Gerron as Louis XV
*Walter Jankuhn as Gaston de Mville
*Ida Wst as Frau von Estrade, her partner
*Ern Verebes as Marcel de Clermount, cadet
*Irene Ambrus as Madelaine Biron, tutor
*Fritz Odemar as Minister Maurepas
*Hans Rameau as The Dauphin
*Wilhelm Bendow as Mlange, Pompadour's secretary
*Max Ehrlich as Cerf, court banker
*Gustl Gstettenbaur as a little cadet
References
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