24 Hours in the Life of a Woman

Name: Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-12-25
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Robert Hoffmann, Romina Power

Original title: Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme

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Drama

By the Lake of Lugano, in 1917, Lady Alice Copland, the widow of an English lord, meets Thomas in a casino. The handsome young man has just gambled all his money away. Moved both by his lot ... Read allBy the Lake of Lugano, in 1917, Lady Alice Copland, the widow of an English lord, meets Thomas in a casino. The handsome young man has just gambled all his money away. Moved both by his lot and by his good looks, Alice prevents him from committing suicide; comforts him and become... Read allBy the Lake of Lugano, in 1917, Lady Alice Copland, the widow of an English lord, meets Thomas in a casino. The handsome young man has just gambled all his money away. Moved both by his lot and by his good looks, Alice prevents him from committing suicide; comforts him and becomes his mistress. After learning that her lover has deserted the Austrian Army, she gives hi... Read all

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Trivia
Original literary source: "Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau", short story by Stefan Zweig, Insel, Leipzig, 1927.

Connections
Remade as 24 heures de la vie d'une femme (2002)

Soundtracks
Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op. 35
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Piano solo by André Kruse.

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Double DD

Remake of Victor Saville's film based on a Stefan Zweig's short story starring Merle Oberon.

First (and best ) collaboration of director Dominique Delouche (first feature film ) with Danielle Darrieux .

WW1: Alice meets a young German deserter who has fled to Switzerland in a casino where he has just gambled his money away;she becomes his lover and gives him money ;but a gambler will always be a gambler.

It's a delicate wistful movie in which Danielle Darrieux,50 at the time , was not afraid of playing the part of an aging woman (Robert Hoffmann,her co-star was about 30).She would resume the collaboration with Delouche in "Divine" ,a less successful attempt.

The Swiss landscapes are nicely filmed,particularly on the glittering lake.

Delouche was certainly influenced by Jacques Demy and "La Baie Des Anges" ;it was even more obvious in "Divine" .