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That Lady in Ermine is a 1948 American Technicolor musical film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson is based on the 1919 operetta Die Frau im Hermelin by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch.
That Lady in Ermine: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger. With Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero, Walter Abel. That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
- Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger
- 1948-09-25
Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 02/02/24. The 18th century duchy of Bergamo is in grave danger when it is taken over by a cold-hearted Hungarian Colonel. However, his plans for grandeur may be upset by a ...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Musical
- Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger
Overview. Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant.
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant.
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- 20th Century Fox
- Ernst Lubitsch
The impudence of Douglas Fairbanks Jr's courtship of Betty Grable's married Angelina is equalled only by Betty-Grable-as-Francesca's pursuit of him in turn, culminating in complete role-reversal in the hilarious fantasy sequence where she -- literally -- sweeps him off his feet.
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That Lady in Ermine was Lubitsch's first musical since the 1934 M-G-M production The Merry Widow. It also was his last film; he died from a heart attack on November 30, 1947, on a Sunday during a day off from production.
