MADAME DUBARRY

Paris in the 18th century:The penniless but beautiful milliner Jeanne rises to become the mistress of King Louis XV.But the French Revolution throws a spanner in the works of this life of luxury ... The brilliantly orchestrated crowd scenes earn as much admiration as the subtle observations of individual human weaknesses.In the USA, Lubitsch is now regarded as the ‘European Griffith’.(Florian Widegger)