The 2-disc DVD presents the two most beautiful films shot in Germany by Max Ophuls in restored versions. Additionally the DVD set features Martina Muller's highly praised documentary Max Ophuls - Den schonen guten Waren.
Liebelei
The movie, made in 1932 and set in Vienna, 1910, focuses on a touching love affair between a shy singer (Magda Schneider) and a vulnerable young officer (Wolfgang Liebeneiner) whose feelings surface most sensitively despite all his strict military training. Before they met, he was involved with a married baroness. He breaks with his mistress - but although the liaison is over, her husband challenges the young officer to a duel, threatening to end the idyllic romance of Fritz and Christine before it can truly begin.
Max Ophuls' Lola Montes is a beautiful yet tragic film. It tells the story of a famous courtesan who ends up selling kisses in a giant American circus after having shared the beds of some of Europe's wealthiest and most respected men. Amongst them were Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, German composer Richard Wagner and Ludwig I, King of Bavaria.
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