Madame DubarryOne of the milestones of silent cinema, Lubitsch's epic - though often dark and explicit - historical pageant was one of the key films to introduce the sensibilities of European cinema to post-WWI American audiences.
The romanticised private life of the mistress (Pola Negri) of Louis XV (Emil Jannings) is given a lush but probing treatment in this early Lubitsch spectacular.
This is perhaps the most successful melding of an historical subject with the director's characteristic light 'touch'.
Features brilliantly expressive sets by Max Reinhardt.
