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July Special Subject Duels in Max Ophuls LIEBELEI (1933); LETTER FROM AN UNKOWN WOMAN (1948); and THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (1953)

Published: July 22, 2022, 5:02 a.m.

Our Special Subject for this month, Duels in Max Oph\xfcls, covers films from all three decades of the itinerant filmmaker's career:\xa0Liebelei\xa0(1933), made in Germany;\xa0Letter from an Unknown Woman\xa0(1948), made in Hollywood; and\xa0Madame de...\xa0(1953), made in France. We consider the proposition that\xa0Oph\xfcls' films are about superficially superficial people, and examine the evolution of a certain set of characters and scenarios in these three films dealing with the subject of tragic love and its\xa0(futile?) transformative effects.\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:\xa0 LIEBELEI (1934) [dir. Max Oph\xfcls]

0h 37m 18s: \xa0LETTER FROM AN UNKOWN WOMAN (1948) [dir. Max Oph\xfcls]

0h 59m 41s: \xa0THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE\u2026 (1953) [dir. Max Oph\xfcls]

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