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The Earrings of Madame De… ★★★★ Diamond Earrings; Madame De 1954

A simple story about a society woman who sells a pair of diamond earrings that her husband gave her, then lies about it. Transformed by Ophuls into his most opulent, overwrought masterpiece, the film displays a triumph of form over content. In French with English subtitles. 105m/C VHS . FR Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Lea di Lea, Jean Debucourt; D: Max Ophuls; W: Max Ophuls, Marcel Archard, Annette Wademant; C: Christian Matras; M: Oscar Straus, Georges Van Parys.

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