La Ronde (1950)
(1950) [PG]

An all-knowing narrator (Anton Walbrook) guides us through a series of stories about love affairs in Vienna, 1900. In each story, a new character forms a liaison with a character from the previous story, creating the circular effect represented in the title of the film.  More

Madame de...
(1953) [G]

Max Ophuls' exquisite The Earrings Of Madame De... is a story of lust, jealousy and materialism, set in Europe in the late 19th century. When Louise, the wife of a general, sells the earrings he gave her to cover her debts, it unleashes a torrent of tragic misunderstandings which travel from wife...  More

Le plaisir
(1952) [PG]

Le Plaisir weaves together three separate tales about the ecstasy of pleasure: one about an aging man who covers his face with a mask to disguise his age, another about an artist's model who returns to enact revenge on the mentor/lover who abandoned her, and the third about a brothel which is...  More

Lola Montes
(1955) [PG]

Based on the life of the notorious Lola Montez: a self-constructed celebrity, the real Lola thrived on scandal, creating her own public persona and fueling the fire of her fame through her various romantic dalliances and extraordinary adventures. Through his opulent camerawork and lyrical...  More