Madame DuBarry (1919 film)

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Madame DuBarry
Ad for film, released in the United States as Passion
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Norbert Falk Hanns Kräly
Based on	Memoirs d'un médecin by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Pola Negri Emil Jannings
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl Kurt Waschneck
Edited by	Elfi Böttrich
Music by	William Axt Hans Jönsson Alexander Schirmann
Production company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA (Germany) First National (US)
Release date	September 18, 1919 (1919-09-18) (German; premiere) November 26, 1919 (1919-11-26) (Denmark) December 12, 1920 (1920-12-12) (US; as Passion)
Running time	85 minutes 114 minutes[1]
Country	Germany
Language	Silent film

Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch,^[2] written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.

It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

Cast[]

• Pola Negri as Madame DuBarry, The Former Jeanne Vaubernier
• Emil Jannings as Louis XV
• Harry Liedtke as Armand de Foix
• Eduard von Winterstein as Count Jean DuBarry
• Reinhold Schünzel as Minister Choiseul
• Else Berna as Geneviève de Gramont
• Fred Immler as Duke of Richelieu
• Gustav Czimeg as Aiguillon
• as Paillet the shoemaker

Survival status[]

The film has been released on DVD.^[3] In 2014, it was released on dual format Blu-ray and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema series.^[1]

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