Elena and Her Men (1956)
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 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.
Elena and Her MenDrama, Comedy, Romance
Cast
- Jean Marais — Général François Rollan
- Ingrid Bergman — Elena Sokorowska
- Mel Ferrer — Le comte Henri de Chevincourt
- Jean Richard — Hector
- Juliette Gréco — Miarka, la gitane
- Pierre Bertin — Martin-Michaud
- Dora Doll — Rosa la Rose
- Frédéric Duvallès — Gaudin
- Renaud Mary — Fleury
- Jacques Morel — Duchêne
- Albert Rémy — Buchez
- Jean Claudio — Lionel Villaret
Where to watch Elena and Her Men
Criterion Channel
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