The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy (1921)
1h 20m
Running Time
April 22, 1921Release Date
The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy (1921)
1h 20m
Running Time
April 22, 1921Release Date
Plot.
"Taking its title from John Keats’s early 19th-century poem, this highly personal melodrama finds Dulac interrogating the archetype of the femme fatale. La belle dame sans merci follows a famous actress who was once seduced and abandoned by a rich man and subsequently resolved to become a “merciless woman,” forever scheming to hurt others (men in particular) in a ruthless yet captivating manner. Dulac challenges the Romantic archetype embodied in Keats’s poem by way of symbolist mise en scène, self-reflexive narration, and her typically associative approach to editing, locating a modern ambiguity within the stereotypical figures of 19th-century art." - Film Society of Lincoln Center
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Cast & Crew.
Yolande Hillé
Irène
Tania Daleyme
Lola de Sandoval
Denise Lorys
Comtesse d'Amaury
Jean Toulout
Comte Guy d'Amaury
Germaine Dulac
Director
Irène Hillel-Erlanger
Writer
Pierre Mareg
Marquis de Saint-Érasme
Jacques Oliver
Cinematography
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 22, 1921
Original NameLa Belle dame sans merci
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
Genres
Wiki.
The French silent film La Belle Dame sans merci was directed by Germaine Dulac.