Madame Pompadour (1931 film)

Madame Pompadour
Directed by	Willi Wolff
Written by	Hans Rameau Willi Wolff
Produced by	Ellen Richter Willi Wolff
Starring	Anny Ahlers Kurt Gerron Walter Jankuhn
Cinematography	Willy Hameister
Music by	Eduard Künneke Rudolf Nelson Robert Stolz
Production company	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	8 January 1931 (1931-01-08)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Madame Pompadour (Template:Lang-de) is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn. Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame Pompadour and Louis XV of France. A separate French version Un caprice de la Pompadour was also released.

Location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles.

The film is not based on the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall.

Cast

• Anny Ahlers as Die Marquise von Pompadour
• Kurt Gerron as Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich
• Walter Jankuhn as Gaston De Méville
• Ida Wüst as Frau von Estrade, ihre Gesellschafterin
• Ernö Verebes as Marcel de Clermount, Kadett
• Irene Ambrus as Madelaine Biron, Vorleserin
• Fritz Odemar as Minister Maurepas
• Hans Rameau as Der Dauphin
• Wilhelm Bendow as Mélange, Sekretär der Pompadour
• Max Ehrlich as Hofbankier Cerf
• Gustl Gstettenbaur as Ein kleiner Kadett

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Madame Pompadour at IMDb