A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Alf Kjellin
- Leon Dupuis
- (as Christopher Kent)
Harry Morgan
- Hyppolite
- (as Henry Morgan)
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- TriviaAfter the expensive box-office failure of The Pirate (1948), director Vincente Minnelli worked hard to cut corners on this film, fearing he might be accused of extravagance. However, he devoted a great deal of time to the ball sequence, which he regarded as the most important scene in the film; he even had composer Miklós Rózsa compose the waltz theme used in it well in advance of the start of filming.
- GoofsWhen Madame Bovary asks Leon for money, he reacts by punching out one of the glass window panes. But on the next cut, the previously shattered window pane is now intact.
- Quotes
Emma Bovary: Do you know, Charles, why that clock strikes? To announce the death of another hour.
- Alternate versionsAlso shown in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
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Although it is several years since I saw it I can remember the beautiful photography and period setting of this not very happy story of a tormented woman.Particularly Jennifer Jones,a vastly underrated actress giving a sensitive performance which one imagined could have done with a bit more directoral guidance. Minnelli was one of those directors who seemed to give all or nothing to his projects.By his own admission he had very little interest in "Kismet" as he wanted to get it out of the way in order to start "Lust for Life" with Kirk Douglas.The lumbering manner of "Kismet" shows this to be true !! (he owed MGM one picture under his contract before starting "Lust for Life" and unfortunately for the project "Kismet" was it)Additionally Minelli did not want Jones in the lead role and one wonders how influencial David Selznick was in pushing for Jennifer once Lana Turner was unavailable for the lead.At any rate Lana had not yet developed her dramatic abilities which would lie some years ahead.Jennifer showed that she was adaptable to many moods including a few years later her scene stealing turn in "Beat the Devil" few actresses can take credit for stealing a picture away from Bogie,Peter Lorre,Robert Morley and LaLolla. Back to Madame Bovary,although the subject is a heavy one,it is well handled by Minnelli,and most reference books today regard it as a sadly neglected piece,which deserves a wider recognition.Interestingly if my memory serves me correctly Vincente barely mentions it in his autobiography.Maybe his private life at the time and his more financially successful works figure more prominantly in his memory.If I had directed Madame Bovary I would be immensly proud of it.Maybe he was.
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- Oct 14, 2000
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- Madame Bovary und ihre Liebhaber
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- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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