Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical party's candidate, a general, in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her.
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| Ingrid Bergman | ... | Elena Sokorowska | |
| Jean Marais | ... | Général François Rollan | |
| Mel Ferrer | ... | Le comte Henri de Chevincourt | |
| Jean Richard | ... | Hector | |
| Juliette Gréco | ... | Miarka, la gitane (as Juliette Greco) | |
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Pierre Bertin | ... | Martin-Michaud |
| Dora Doll | ... | Rosa la Rose | |
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Frédéric Duvallès | ... | Gaudin |
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Renaud Mary | ... | Fleury |
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Jacques Morel | ... | Duchêne |
| Albert Rémy | ... | Buchez | |
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Jean Claudio | ... | Lionel Villaret |
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Mirko Ellis | ... | Marbeau |
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Jacques Hilling | ... | Lisbonne |
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Jacques Jouanneau | ... | Eugène Martin-Michaud |
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Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical party's candidate, a general, in pre-World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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gypsy wagon | gypsy camp | gypsy girl | ministry of war | protectionism |Taglines:
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
12 September 1956 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Music by Joseph Kosma
Lyrics by Jean Renoir
Performed by Juliette Gréco
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Italian censorship visa # 22932 delivered on 6-11-1956. See more »Crazy Credits
The end credits are a newspaper wedding announcement for the film's characters which includes the actors' names in parenthesis. See more »Alternate Versions
English and French-language versions of this film were shot simultaneously. See more »Soundtracks
MiarkaMusic by Joseph Kosma
Lyrics by Jean Renoir
Performed by Juliette Gréco
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Being both a fan of Renoir and Ingrid, imagine my surprise that they happened to collaborate on "Elena and Her Men!" Having yet to be disappointed by Renoir (Rules of the Game being one of the top five 20th century French films), I knew from the description that it wouldn't quite reach those heights but it should still be fun.
Having watched it through, I have to say that the comparisons made to Rules of the Game happen quite enough in Elena that would make the latter seem trite. Even so, and despite the annoying presence of Mel Ferrer (was he dubbed?) and the sub-plots with Eugene-Denise-Lisotte, I have to say that Ingrid Bergman more than makes up for it, with Renoir showing her in all her luminosity in the beautiful dresses (and she certainly out-acts everyone else). The film itself is a little muddled, the previously mentioned sub-plots and other elements like the gypsy woman not quite fitting together (and the ending seems quite cheesy for Renoir, at least for me). All in all watch it if you are a Bergman fan.