01 Mar 2019
Mapplethorpe
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.
Lola Montès
She lived too intensely and far too well!
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
Top Billed Cast
Martine Carol Lola Montes
Peter Ustinov Circus Master
Adolf Wohlbrück King Ludwig I of Bavaria
Henri Guisol Horsema Maurice
Lise Delamare Lola's Mother
Paulette Dubost Josephine, The Maid
Oskar Werner Student
Jean Galland Private Secretary
Will Quadflieg Franz Liszt
Héléna Manson Lieutenant James' Sister
Germaine Delbat Stewardess
Carl Esmond Doctor
Jacques Fayet Steward
Friedrich Domin Circus Manager
Werner Finck Maler Wisböck
Ivan Desny Leutnant James
Ady Berber Bulgakov
Margarete Haagen Anna
Walter Kiaulehn Theatre Manager
Willy Rösner Prime Minister
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