The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy

The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy

1921
1h 20m
6.0

6.0/10

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Overview

"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

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
D.H.
Production Countries
France

Quick Facts

Original Title La Belle dame sans merci
Release Date April 22, 1921
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0131966

Cast

Tania Daleyme
Tania Daleyme

Lola de Sandoval

Yolande Hillé
Yolande Hillé

Irène

Denise Lorys
Denise Lorys

Comtesse d'Amaury

Jean Toulout
Jean Toulout

Comte Guy d'Amaury

Jean Tarride
Jean Tarride

Hubert d'Amaury

Pierre Mareg
Pierre Mareg

Marquis de Saint-Érasme

Lucien Glen
Lucien Glen

Lucien

Louis Monfils
Louis Monfils

Key Crew

Germaine Dulac
Director