Lola Montès

Director Max Ophüls' follow up to his masterpiece "Madame de..." was also his last. While not entirely successful as the former, it's a visually striking film about a fallen courtesan who performs at a circus while her infamous stories are told to the audience. Ophüls is the right man for the role of the ringmaster for the story which is one of the strengths of the film. The biggest problem with the film is the lead actress Martine Carol while beautiful she fails get any emotion a better actress would have as the tragic lead character. The supporting cast of Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook and Oskar Werner save the film. YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.