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Bel Ami (1939)
director of photography:
Theodore J. Pahle, Erich Schmidtke
cast:
Willi Forst, Olga Tschechowa, Hilde Hildebrand, Ilse Werner, Lizzi Waldmüller, Johannes Riemann, Will Dohm, Aribert Wäscher
director:
Willi Forst
running time:
100 min.
synopsis
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.
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