Madame Du Barry

Plot

Before he became world-famous for his sophisticated sex farces, Ernst Lubitsch was primarily a director of outsized German "spectaculars." One such was Madame Du Barry, an operatic version of the life, loves and death of the legendary 18th-century French courtesan. Pola Negri plays DuBarry, who sleeps her way to the court of King Louis XV (Emil Jannings), ultimately becoming his mistress. Comes the revolution, and the rabble demands DuBarry's head. This gives Negri plenty of opportunity for strenuous histrionics as she's led to the guillotine. Small wonder that this film was retitled Passion for its American release. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Emil Jannings - Louis XV

Theda Bara - Countess DuBarry; Paul Biensfeldt - Lebel; Genevieve Blinn - Duchess de Gaumont; Fred Church - Cosse-Brissac; Charles Clary - Louis XV; Dorothy Drake - Henriette; Bernhard Goetzke; Harry Liedtke - Armand De Foix; Willard Louis - Guillaume DuBarry; Rosita Marstini - Mother Savord; Herschel Mayall - Jean DuBany; Pola Negri - Madame Dubarry former Jeanne Vaubernier; Karl Platen - Guillaume Dubarry; Hector V. Sarno - Lebel; Reinhold Schünzel - Minister Choiseul; Paul Wegener; Eduard von Winterstein - Jean Dubarry; Willy Kaiser-Heyl - Oberst der Wache; Magnus Stifter - Don Diego

Credit

Ali Hubert - Costume Designer, Ernst Lubitsch - Director, Dr. William Axt - Composer (Music Score), David Mendoza - Composer (Music Score), Kurt Richter - Production Designer, Theodor Sparkuhl - Cinematographer, Katherine Hilliker - Intertitle Writer, Hanns Kraly - Screenwriter

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