Elena and Her Men ( 1956 ) ( Elena et les hommes ) ( Eliana e gli uomini (Paris Does Strange Things) )

Elena and Her Men ( 1956 ) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Elena et les hommes
Alternate Title: Eliana e gli uomini (Paris Does Strange Things)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1956 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Jean Renoir

Written By:
Jean Renoir
Jean Serge

Actors:
Ingrid Bergman ..... Elena Sokorowska
Jean Marais ..... Général François Rollan
Mel Ferrer ..... Le comte Henri de Chevincourt
Jean Richard ..... Hector
Juliette Gréco ..... Miarka, la gita
Pierre Bertin ..... Martin-Michaud
Dora Doll ..... Rosa la Rose
Frédéric Duvallès ..... Gaudin
Renaud Mary ..... Fleury
Jacques Morel ..... Duchêne
Albert Rémy ..... Buchez
Jean Claudio ..... Lionel Villaret
Mirko Ellis ..... Marbeau
Jacques Hilling ..... Lisbonne
Jacques Jouanneau ..... Eugène Martin-Michaud

Synopsis:

Polish Princess Elena believes she was born to be the guardian angel of great causes and great (undiscovered) men. It is only when men need her that she is interested in them and she abandons them when they have accomplished their goals in life. She encounters Henry de Chevincourt who introduces her to General François Rollan, who has just been nominated to become Minister of War. The General is bait for some conniving politicians who wish to turn the hero into a dictator. They take advantage of a current political trial and the resulting war scare to engineer a coup d'etat which is meant to catapult the General into leadership. Rollan lets himself be taken in because he is in love with Elena who is in league with the plotters. Meanwhile, Henry, also in love with Elena, is hanging around on the sidelines.

Set in turn-of-the century France, Renoirs classic comedy of romantic and political hijinks stars the luminous Ingrid Bergman as Elena, a Polish princess who drives the men wild. After being introduced to the newly-appointed Minister of War, General Franois Rollan, Elena soon finds herself with the hearts of several men - and the future of France - in her lovely hands.

Polish countess Elena falls in love to a Frensh radical party's candidate, a general, in pre world war I Paris, but another officer pines for her.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 April, 2016.