Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaDuring Franco-Prussian War, a French laundress shares coach with arrogant passengers. When Prussian officer stops them, social hierarchies crumble as character integrity faces scrutiny amids... Ler tudoDuring Franco-Prussian War, a French laundress shares coach with arrogant passengers. When Prussian officer stops them, social hierarchies crumble as character integrity faces scrutiny amidst adversity.During Franco-Prussian War, a French laundress shares coach with arrogant passengers. When Prussian officer stops them, social hierarchies crumble as character integrity faces scrutiny amidst adversity.
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- A Wholesaler in Wines
- (as Jason Robards)
- Soldier
- (não creditado)
- Mme. Follenvie
- (não creditado)
- Uhlan
- (não creditado)
- Lieutenant
- (não creditado)
- Soldier Waiter
- (não creditado)
- German Sentry
- (não creditado)
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Elenco e equipe completos
- Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro
Avaliações em destaque
Simon doesn't play the title role here; Kurt Krueger does. She plays a laundress in a combination of two Guy De Maupassant stories about the Franco-Prussian war. They must have resonated during World War II.
Simon's character hates the Prussians and doesn't go along with them, though many in the town do. The theme here is passive resistance, and how the poor make sacrifices for their country.
The first part of the film takes place in a carriage and was supposedly the inspiration for "Stagecoach."
Directed by Robert Wise and produced by, of all people, Val Lewton, this is a short film, mildly entertaining.
Actually, Simon's life would make a much more exciting story. Men she liked were given a gold key to her bedroom; she had a relationship with an MI5 spy, Dusko Popov, who was in actuality a double agent. Popov was supposedly the model for James Bond. Simon also had an affair with George Gershwin. I have a feeling there are lots of other interesting stories to be told.
"Mademoiselle Fifi" is a dull tale of patriotism, with a story that shows the upper classes together with the enemy to keep their privileges and a simple laundress and a priest as symbols of the resistance and rejection of the enemies. The intention of "having dinner with the enemy in his room" is a very clear metaphor of the true intention of the Prussian office. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Mademoiselle Fifi"
The coach scene that takes up the first twenty minutes or so of the story is reminiscent of "Stagecoach" in which the characters behave snobbishly toward Claire Trevor, as the prostitute with a heart of gold. Here it's SIMONE SIMON as a laundress with her own sense of pride, refusing to deal with the Prussians or Germans on any level, not even willing to do their laundry. Only when she offers food and drink to the other passengers, do they begin to find any good in her, at least temporarily.
Her loyalty to France makes her resist the request of the Prussian officer, KURT KREUGER, to dine with them when the passengers must stay over at an inn. The other passengers get together and force her to humble her patriotism for the sake of letting them go on with their journey. She complies and the next day when they resume their journey, the others are ungrateful to her and treat her shabbily again. JOHN EMERY tells them off and leaves the coach to meet up with her. She refuses to accept his apology for not taking a stronger stand in the resistance movement but changes her mind later when he does prove to be heroic.
The resistance message seems to reflect the type of WWII propaganda films Hollywood churned out during this period, but the film is an odd mixture of costume drama and patriotism under fire.
Not exactly a ground breaker, but interesting, especially for fans of Simone Simon's screen persona. Just why this particular story interested Val Lewton, considering his background as a man who preferred making horror films, is not clear to me.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesThis was Robert Wise's second film as a director. (He co-directed his first, A Maldição do Sangue da Pantera (1944) and also previously shot additional scenes for Soberba (1942) ). He shot the entire film in 22 days for $200,000. This was a record low budget for an American sound and period feature.
- Citações
A Wholesaler in Wines: You rascal! I should have known! Cornudet - the revolutionist. The talker in cafés. The man who built the barricades to defend Rouen and ran away at the first sight of a German helmet. You rascal.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosIn the opening credits, the title appears as "Guy de Maupassant's Mademoiselle Fifi."
- ConexõesFeatured in Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)
- Trilhas sonorasThree Captains
(uncredited)
Composer unknown
Sung a cappella in French by The Little Laundress
Principais escolhas
- Why does von Eyrick say "Fi, fi donc!"?
Detalhes
- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idiomas
- Também conhecido como
- Yo no me vendo
- Locações de filme
- Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, Califórnia, EUA(snow scenes - AFI)
- Empresa de produção
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Bilheteria
- Orçamento
- US$ 200.000 (estimativa)
- Tempo de duração1 hora 9 minutos
- Cor
- Proporção
- 1.37 : 1