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La Dame au manteau d'hermine

Original title: That Lady in Ermine
  • 1948
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
973
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Betty Grable, and Cesar Romero in La Dame au manteau d'hermine (1948)
ComedyFantasyMusicalRomance

That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.

  • Directors
    • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Otto Preminger
  • Writers
    • Samson Raphaelson
    • Rudolph Schanzer
    • Ernst Welisch
  • Stars
    • Betty Grable
    • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    • Cesar Romero
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    973
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Ernst Lubitsch
      • Otto Preminger
    • Writers
      • Samson Raphaelson
      • Rudolph Schanzer
      • Ernst Welisch
    • Stars
      • Betty Grable
      • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
      • Cesar Romero
    • 26User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

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    Betty Grable
    Betty Grable
    • Francesca…
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    • Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas…
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Count Mario
    Walter Abel
    Walter Abel
    • Major Horvath…
    Reginald Gardiner
    Reginald Gardiner
    • Alberto
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    • Luigi
    Virginia Campbell
    • Theresa
    Whit Bissell
    Whit Bissell
    • Giulio
    Lester Allen
    Lester Allen
    • Jester
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Bear
    • Isabella - Ancestor
    • (uncredited)
    David Bond
    David Bond
    • Gabor
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Staff Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Cording
    Harry Cording
    • Orlando - Ancestor
    • (uncredited)
    Herbert Evans
    Herbert Evans
    • Ancestor
    • (uncredited)
    Jack George
    • Count Giovanni - Ancestor
    • (uncredited)
    Don Haggerty
    Don Haggerty
    • Staff Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Haworth
    • Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Hyke
    • Albert's Knight
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Ernst Lubitsch
      • Otto Preminger
    • Writers
      • Samson Raphaelson
      • Rudolph Schanzer
      • Ernst Welisch
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    User reviews26

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    8kate-143

    Fluffy musical set in 19th c. Balkan neverland

    In 1948 this was my all-time favorite movie. Betty Grable's costumes were so ravishing that I wanted to grow up to be her and dress like that. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., was irresistible as the dashing Hungarian officer. Silly and fluffy as this movie might appear at first, when I was eight years old it seemed to me to say something important about relations between men and women. I saw it again the other day; I was surprised to find that it still did.
    6pacificgroove-315-494931

    Better than it's reputation, though could have been much better

    I just watched this film on YouTube; it's there for free in version with very good image quality. It was a box office flop, and has a poor reputation among classic film devotees. But if you enjoy musicals, you might want to give it a chance.

    I mildly enjoyed it. Fairbanks Jr. Is excellent, giving a spirtited performance with the right touch of believable emotion and light tungue in cheek playfulness. The sets are opulant. Fredrick Holander's music is lovely, though the song lyrics (by Leo Robin?) are mediocre and banal. There are occasional playfully funny moments.

    On the down side, the film overall lacks the charm, subtle sexiness, and light touch that Lubitch would have given it, if he had directed the entire thing, and his capabilities were not greatly diminished by very poor health. Grable is OK in the role, but far from the ideal actress-singer for it. I've read that Fox head Zanick wanted to broaden her appeal and put her in more high class roles, so she made three classy pictures and all of them, including this one flopped. (One of them is excellent, and I highly recommend it, "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim".)

    That Lady in Ermine seems to have two endings; and I felt let down by the second one. It should have ended when the Fairbanks character rides away, bidding the Grable character a regretful goodby. But then there's a entirely unnecessary scene, which seems tacked on.
    fllpmp

    One of the better Betty Grable movies!

    I really enjoyed this Lubitsch movie with Betty Grable. It made quite a change from her usual "musicals", and I cannot again understand why there have been no videos or DVDs made of it. Younger viewers who don't even know who Betty Grable is will surely appreciate this Lubitsch movie. Here's hoping!
    gregcouture

    Preminger was no Lubitsch!

    If you have the opportunity to catch this one on TV (It's in American Movie Classic's library, I believe, and doesn't appear to be available on video.) and you're a fan of Ernst Lubitsch, don't expect much evidence of his famous "Touch." Herr Lubitsch died before completing very much of this production and the directing reigns were turned over to Otto Preminger. Apparently the studio felt that an artist whose ancestral origins shared to some degree those of Mr. Lubitsch was the proper person to complete this project. My own impression of the final results makes the passing of the talented Mr. Lubitsch a great misfortune for all concerned. As I watched it on a TV broadcast several years ago I stared in amazement at what seemed an extraordinarily clumsy and heavy-handed attempt to tell what is, essentially, a fairy story for adults. There are definitely elements to enjoy and Betty Grable is, as always, appealingly lovely in Technicolor and has a lively and natural presence as an actress. But Mr. Preminger's reputation, without later critically praised films, such as "Anatomy of a Murder," was not greatly enhanced by the final cut of this film.
    lor_

    Wit, style and sophistication

    Ernst Lubitsch's style permeates this unjustly forgotten movie, from a different age of cinema. Oddly enough, any old film noir (or just crime-oriented) feature from its age is revered on a pedestal today, while this wonderful 20th Century-Fox big-budget effort stirs little interest.

    It is a remake of a 1927 silent film of the same title, a Corinne Griffith star vehicle from First National Pictures, the distributor that later became part of Warner Brothers. It's a lost film, perhaps because a silent movie of an operetta was hopelessly dated even then. Lubitsch includes fantasy and satire here, with the play-acting performances of stars Grable and Fairbanks delightful in that they make fun of the antiquated Period Costume Film cliches, while simultaneously creating warm and empathetic characters. The elements of satire have given way in modern cinema to vulgarity, as evidenced in the work of Mel Brooks (who remade Lubtisch's hit "To Be Or Not to Be") or my favorite director Ken Russell, yet Lubitsch is able to maintain the high ground even in the silliest of scenes, perhaps aided by the censorship of his day.

    The Technicolor photography (by Leon Shamroy) remains stunning and just what any film buff should admire. A couple of oddities struck me as I finally saw this movie, so many decades after release, first the foot-fetish theme that instantly suggests Luis Bunuel, who was working in Hollywood during this period. And by some odd coincidence, the starting point for the movie's fantasy element is the stunning portrait of Gable as a 17th Century ancestor of her main character, which comes to life occasionally. Fairbanks' infatuation with the lady in the portrait is the same starting point as Preminger's greatest movie, "Laura", and Otto ended up completing "Ermine" after Lubitsch's sudden death at the age of 55.

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    • Trivia
      In later years Betty Grable said it was her least favorite of all her movies.
    • Goofs
      If you watch when the Lady in Ermine is dancing with Colonel Ladislas Karolyi Teglas / The Duke her shoes change from the heels to wedges.
    • Quotes

      Col. Ladislas Karolyi Teglas: If one is in love, one doesn't need an umbrella.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Costume Designer (1950)
    • Soundtracks
      Ooh! What I'll Do (To That Wild Hungarian)
      (uncredited)

      Written by Friedrich Hollaender

      Lyrics Leo Robin

      Sung by Betty Grable and chorus

      Danced by Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1949 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • That Lady in Ermine
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $2,484,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29m(89 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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