Madame DuBarry (1919 film)

1919 film

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Norbert Falk
Hanns Kräly

Based onMemoirs d'un médecin
by Alexandre DumasProduced byPaul DavidsonStarring

Pola Negri
Emil Jannings

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl
Kurt Waschneck

Edited byElfi BöttrichMusic by

William Axt
Hans Jönsson
David Mendoza
Alexander Schirmann

Production
company

PAGU

Distributed by

UFA (Germany)
First National (US)

Release dates

September 18, 1919 (1919-09-18) (German; premiere)
November 26, 1919 (1919-11-26) (Denmark)
December 12, 1920 (1920-12-12) (US; as Passion)

Running time

85 minutes
114 minutes^[1]CountryGermanyLanguageSilent film

Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch,^[2] written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.

It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

Madame DuBarry (1919)

Cast

Pola Negri as Madame DuBarry, The Former Jeanne Vaubernier
Emil Jannings as Louis XV
Harry Liedtke as Armand de Foix
Eduard von Winterstein as Count Jean DuBarry
Reinhold Schünzel as Minister Choiseul
Else Berna as Geneviève de Gramont
Fred Immler as Duke of Richelieu
Gustav Czimeg as Aiguillon
Alexander Eckert as Paillet the shoemaker

Survival status

The film has been released on DVD.^[3] In 2014, it was released on dual format Blu-ray and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema series.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Blu-ray.com - Madame DuBarry Blu-ray
^ Scheunemann, Dietrich (1 January 2006). Expressionist Film: New Perspectives. Camden House. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1-57113-350-2.
^ Home Video: Madame Du Barry at silentera.com