Madame Bovary (1949)
Country: US
Technical: bw 114m
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, James Mason, Louis Jourdan
Synopsis:
A farmer's daughter marries a doctor but is seduced by a world of glamour and romantic passion beyond her reach, and becomes indebted to an unscrupulous merchant who encourages her in her fantasies.
Review:
A consistently sensitive and cinematic adaptation with touches such as the court framing device that show an understanding of the novel and an inspired hand. Frank Allenby takes the acting honours as the wily Lheureux, and Harry Morgan is an unexpectedly affecting Hippolyte.
Country: US
Technical: bw 114m
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, James Mason, Louis Jourdan
Synopsis:
A farmer's daughter marries a doctor but is seduced by a world of glamour and romantic passion beyond her reach, and becomes indebted to an unscrupulous merchant who encourages her in her fantasies.
Review:
A consistently sensitive and cinematic adaptation with touches such as the court framing device that show an understanding of the novel and an inspired hand. Frank Allenby takes the acting honours as the wily Lheureux, and Harry Morgan is an unexpectedly affecting Hippolyte.
Country: US
Technical: bw 114m
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Van Heflin, James Mason, Louis Jourdan
Synopsis:
A farmer's daughter marries a doctor but is seduced by a world of glamour and romantic passion beyond her reach, and becomes indebted to an unscrupulous merchant who encourages her in her fantasies.
Review:
A consistently sensitive and cinematic adaptation with touches such as the court framing device that show an understanding of the novel and an inspired hand. Frank Allenby takes the acting honours as the wily Lheureux, and Harry Morgan is an unexpectedly affecting Hippolyte.