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Miss Europe

1930 · 93 min

A slow, shadowy melodrama of jealousy and fame that tightens quietly toward a sudden, chilling end.}<​/think>{.

Overview
Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the 'Miss Europe' pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for. She finds her jealous lover Andre violently disapproves of such events and tries to withdraw, but it's too late; she's even then being named Miss France. The night Andre planned to propose to her, she's being whisked off to the Miss Europe finals in Spain, where admirers swarm around her. Win or lose, what will the harvest be?

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • love
    • betrayal
    • ambition
    • fate
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Augusto Genina
    Written by
    René Clair
    Starring
    Louise Brooks, Georges Charlia, Augusto Bandini, André Nicolle, Alex Bernard, Gaston Jacquet, Jean Bradin, Henri Crémieux
    Music
    Wolfgang Zeller
    Cinematography
    Rudolph Maté, Louis Née
    Runtime
    93 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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