The Earrings of Madame de...( 1953)

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It was her vanity that destroyed her.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Charles Boyer
Général André de...
Danielle Darrieux
Comtesse Louise de...
Vittorio De Sica
Baron Fabrizio Donati
Jean Debucourt
Monsieur Rémy
Jean Galland
Monsieur de Bernac
Mireille Perrey
La Nourrice
Paul Azaïs
Le premier cocher
Jacques Josselin
Hubert Noël
Henri de Maleville
Lia Di Leo
Lola
Gérard Buhr
Le douanier (uncredited)
Jean Toulout
Le doyen du corps diplomatique (uncredited)
Madeleine Barbulée
Une amie de Madame de... (uncredited)
Charles Bayard
Un convive (uncredited)
Jacques Beauvais
Un majordome (uncredited)
Jean Degrave
Le clubman (uncredited)
Claire Duhamel
La demoiselle de compagnie (uncredited)
Guy Favières
Julien (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
Un soldat (uncredited)
Serge Lecointe
Jérome Rémy (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
Un témoin (uncredited)
Daniel Mendaille
Un passant (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Le second cocher du baron (uncredited)
Robert Moor
Un diplomate (uncredited)
Max Mégy
Un domestique (uncredited)
Georges Paulais
Le premier témoin du duel (uncredited)
Léon Pauléon
Un huissier (uncredited)
Colette Régis
La vendeuse de cierges (uncredited)
Louis Saintève
Un passant (uncredited)
Michel Salina
Un témoin (uncredited)
Germaine Stainval
L'ambassadrice (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
Le second témoin du duel (uncredited)
Georges Vitray
Le vieux reporter (uncredited)
Léon Walther
L'administrateur (uncredited)
René Worms
Un convive (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Jun 20 2023

Yikes, but this is a classy and vivacious adaptation of de Vilmorin's novel of just why marriage isn't (or shouldn't be) for everyone. It all starts when the comtesse "Louise" (Danielle Darrieux) has to sell some jewellery to settle debts of which her husband - a renowned general "André" (Charles Boyer) is unaware. Now this action sets in train a chain reaction that sees these earrings provide a conduit for a story of lust, deception and duplicity as both parties find themselves caught up in some extra-martial relationships and coincidences that ultimately lead to misunderstandings and tragedy....