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The Earrings of Madame de...
· 1953

The Earrings of Madame de...

Max Ophüls
infidelity deception materialism class and society fate and irony
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Synopsis

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.

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