Summaries

A triple love story stopped each time by low material interests.

1)Segment 1: in the Middle Ages ,a drama company arrives in a castle where the lord's daughter is to marry a man she has never met:as it often happened at the time,she only saw her fiance's "picture".The soon-to-be-husband can strike horror into the girl's heart:a half-wit who stammers and limps.The bride falls for one of the thespians and tries to escape from a doomed fate ...but in the castle they blow the Mort - 2)segment 2:in the 19th century....They say there's a curse on the marriages since the tragedy told in part one. Then again ,the lord of the manor's daughter is to marry a(handsome,this time)man;a little dressmaker's apprentice,Juliette is also in love with the fiance:one night she puts on the wedding gown but the young man catches her when she is wearing the white garment;the curse strikes.3)segment 3:just before WW2,the Nouveaux Riches buy the properties of the nobles who are broke .Not only the lord short of the readies wants his son to marry a rich heiress,but he also "hires" a noble dowager as a go-between.Although immoral to a fault,several reversals of situation lead to true love ..and perhaps the end of the curse.—dbdumonteil

Details

Keywords
  • love
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • History
Release date Jan 16, 1940
Countries of origin France
Language French
Production companies Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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