Adrienne Lecouvreur (film)

Adrienne Lecouvreur is a 1938 French-German biographical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Junie Astor. The film was a co-production between the two countries, and was made at UFA's Berlin Studios. It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur.^[1]

Directed byMarcel L'Herbier

Written by

• François Porché
• Jean-Georges Auriol
• Marcel L'Herbier

Based on

Adrienne Lecouvreur
by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé

Produced by

• Bruno Duday
• Georges Lampin

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Adrienne Lecouvreur
Directed by	Marcel L'Herbier
Written by	François Porché Jean-Georges Auriol Marcel L'Herbier
Based on	Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé
Produced by	Bruno Duday Georges Lampin
Starring	Yvonne Printemps Pierre Fresnay Junie Astor
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Boris de Fast
Music by	Maurice Thiriet
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date	27 September 1938 (1938-09-27)
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	French

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Anton Weber.