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Madame de Thèbes
The story is wacky – a gypsy is cursed by her father, so that she has to deny her illegitimate son in order for him to have a successful life. She gives him to a well-to-do lady who has lost her own child. Later, he has grown up to be a politician who wants to become the foreign minister. He doesn’t know that his real mother is the famous Madame de Thebes, the fortuneteller who all politicians make sure to visit! This information falls into the hands of a rival, who tries to use it to ruin his career. Meanwhile, the rival’s attractive daughter is attacked by a ruffian and needs to be rescued… There are a lot of striking images in this film. You can see the beauty of them even if the state of the print is far from perfect. The Norwegian actress Ragna Wettergreen gives a haunting performance as Madame de Thebes, with wisdom and regret – and quite a few melodramatic gestures. Understatement was not the norm in those days.
| Release : | 1915 |
| Rating : | 5.9 |
| Studio : | Svenska Biografteatern, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | John Ekman Albin Lavén Karin Molander Doris Nelson Albert Ståhl |
| Genre : | Drama |
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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Good start, but then it gets ruined
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
