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Madame Wants No Children
1926 1h 38m DE
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Drama
Synopsis
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Playboy Paul Le Barroy, weds Elyane Parizot because he is ready for children, and his mistress, Louise Bonvin, is not. After the honeymoon, Elyane informs Paul that she doesn’t want children, either. When Paul leaves her, Elyane blames Louise and confronts the ex-mistress with a gun.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
María Corda
Elyane Parizot
Harry Liedtke
Paul
Maria Paudler
Louise Bonvin
Trude Hesterberg
Camilla Horn
Dina Gralla
Hermann Vallentin
Camilla von Hollay
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alexander Korda
- Writers
- Béla Balázs
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Germany
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The take
Alexander Korda directs. Theodor Sparkuhl behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1100 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Alexander Korda, shot by Theodor Sparkuhl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4María Corda and Harry Liedtke and Maria Paudler carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0017099 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Runtime
- 98 min · 1h 38m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Alexander Korda
Production companies
Who made it
- DE
Deutsche Vereinsfilm AG
DE
Key crew
- NovelClément Vautel
- ProducerKarl Freund
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1926-12-14
