
The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy
Drama · Romance
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
Top Cast
Tania Daleyme
Tania Daleyme
Lola de Sandoval
Tania Daleyme
Lola de Sandoval
Yolande Hillé
Yolande Hillé
Irène
Yolande Hillé
Irène


Denise Lorys
Denise Lorys
Comtesse d'Amaury
Denise Lorys
Comtesse d'Amaury


Jean Toulout
Jean Toulout
Comte Guy d'Amaury
Jean Toulout
Comte Guy d'Amaury
Jean Tarride
Jean Tarride
Hubert d'Amaury
Jean Tarride
Hubert d'Amaury
Pierre Mareg
Pierre Mareg
Marquis de Saint-Érasme
Pierre Mareg
Marquis de Saint-Érasme
Lucien Glen
Lucien Glen
Lucien
Lucien Glen
Lucien


Louis Monfils
Louis Monfils
Louis Monfils
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