Madame Pompadour (1931 film)

1931 film

Madame Pompadour (German: Die Marquise von Pompadour) is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn.^[1] Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV of France. The film is not based on the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin while location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles.^[2] A separate French version A Caprice of Pompadour was also released.

Cast

• Anny Ahlers as Marquise von Pompadour
• Kurt Gerron as Louis XV
• Walter Jankuhn as Gaston de Méville
• Ida Wüst as Frau von Estrade, her partner
• Ernö 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 Mélange, Pompadour's secretary
• Max Ehrlich as Cerf, court banker
• Gustl Gstettenbaur as a little cadet

References

1. Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 156. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
2. Klaus p.196-97

Bibliography

• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.

External links

• Madame Pompadour at IMDb