Legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt valiantly lent her name, presence and prestige to this well-intentioned film, but alas, in vain. Well past seventy, embarrassingly overweight, and by now rendered virtually immobile as a result of an amputated leg, she is not given the benefit of a single closeup, and only rarely even faces fully forward, photographed solely in medium shots by an immobile camera which mercifully cuts away whenever any movement whatsoever is required. Whenever standing, she apparently needs to lean against something to maintain her equilibrium, and only in one short sequence does she attempt two faltering steps, aided by two other actresses enacting nurses.
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