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The Marquise of O...

PG

1976

1h 42m

Romance

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80%

15 Reviews

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74%

250+ Ratings

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A widowed noblewoman (Édith Clever) is at a loss to explain her pregnancy after a Russian officer (Bruno Ganz) saves her from a rapist.

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Rohmer's chamber piece certainly isn't anything exciting or overtly engaging, but it's a fine piece of period melodrama and often a funny one.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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just OK costume drama

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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a bit plodding in places, but rewarding if your patient

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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A very charming and warm movie that will touch the hearts of every individual.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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This film will test your patience from beginning to end. It was neither surprising nor satisfying.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Si l'histoire était prometteuse, l'exécution fait froncer les sourcils. Théâtre, roman? Quelle allure le tout voulait-il avoir? C'est exagéré, trop théâtral et l'intérêt en prend un coup..

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Éric Rohmer

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Edith Clever

Die Marquise

Bruno Ganz

Der Graf

Peter Lühr

Der Vater,Der Obrist

Edda Seippel

Die Mutter

Otto Sander

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Pauline Kael

New Yorker

Attempting to achieve an objective version of Kleist's style, Rohmer gives us the surface -- a quaintly amusing account of a woman whole idealism is betrayed.

Dec 5, 2023

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Elliott Stein

Film Comment Magazine

This picture, all gussied up into stage tableaux, looks like a Goethe House Gala performed in Bloomingdale's Show Rooms.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 10, 2018

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David Ehrlich

Time Out

This minor Rohmer may not have much to offer beyond the clarity of its perspective (and the soft beauty of Nestor Almendros's delicate cinematography), but its message will only grow more urgent in time.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2015

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Thom Willenbecher

Gay Community News (Boston)

All in all, the Marquise of O imparts a subtle but thoroughgoing feminism, both in its mode of presentation and in its intellectual content.

Aug 19, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Exquisitely photographed and exceptionally acted (particularly from Edith Clever as the title character), it's an exceptional title from one of cinema's masters.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 20, 2020

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Jesús Fernández Santos

El Pais (Spain)

Éric Rohmer... shows us how to create, with talent and sensibility, knowledge and grace, a small masterpiece. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 18, 2019

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Synopsis

A widowed noblewoman (Édith Clever) is at a loss to explain her pregnancy after a Russian officer (Bruno Ganz) saves her from a rapist.

Director: Éric Rohmer
Screenwriter: Éric Rohmer
Production Co: Janus Film
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3K
Runtime: 1h 42m

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