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Lady Windermere’s Fan

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Credits

Country :
USA
Year :
1925
Director :
Ernst Lubitsch
Version :
English intertitles
Duration :
88 minutes
Format :
digital
Actors :
Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Irene Rich
📖 Based on the play by Oscar Wilde
A production of the Cinémathèque in cooperation with the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the Philharmonie Luxembourg | Luxembourg Philharmonic under the direction of Timothy Brock
Artist Talk : Timothy Brock in conversation with Francisco Sassetti ► Friday 23 January at 18h45

synopsis

In London high society, Lady Windermere suspects her husband of infidelity with a mysterious woman, while rumors and appearances create numerous misunderstandings.

Lady Windermere's Fan

Things are rarely exactly what they’re presented to be in a Lubitsch film – there’s always a complication, always a nuance, always another side to every story – and this tendency is at its most delicious height here, in his greatest silent film.

Cine-File

'Lady Windermere’s Fan' stands as one of the great achievements of silent film, an alignment of form and feeling that grows more impressive with each viewing.

MoMA

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