Elena and Her Men

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Jean RenoirDirector
• Jean SergeWriter
• Jean RenoirWriter

Cast

• Jean MaraisGénéral François Rollan
• Ingrid BergmanElena Sokorowska
• Mel FerrerLe comte Henri de Chevincourt
• Jean RichardHector
• Juliette GrécoMiarka, la gitane
• Pierre BertinMartin-Michaud
• Dora DollRosa la Rose
• Frédéric DuvallèsGaudin
• Renaud MaryFleury
• Jacques MorelDuchêne
• Albert RémyBuchez
• Jean ClaudioLionel Villaret

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