1956 | France | Fiction

Elena et les hommes (Elena and Her Men)

  • French English 95 mins
  • Director | Jean Renoir
  • Writer | Jean Renoir, Jean Serge
  • Producer | Louis Wipf

STATUS: Released

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Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean Renoir’s delirious romantic comedy Elena and her Men (Elena et les hommes) stars a radiant Ingrid Bergman as a beautiful, but impoverished, Polish princess who drives men of all stations to fits of desperate love. When Elena elicits the fascination of a famous general, she finds herself at the center of romantic machinations and political scheming, with the hearts of several men—as well as the future of France—in her hands.

Romance Satire Politics Performance Power
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