

“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.
Directed by Max Ophüls
User score
153 votes




Released
December 23, 1955
1h 56m
German, French, English

Martine Carol
Lola Montes

Peter Ustinov
Circus Master

Anton Walbrook
Ludwig I, King of Bavaria

Henri Guisol
Horseman Maurice

Lise Delamare
Mrs. Craigie, 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
Wisböck, the Artist

Ivan Desny
Lieutenant Thomas James

Béatrice Arnac
Circus Rider (uncredited)
Maurice Barnay
(uncredited)

Charles Bayard
Man in the Box (uncredited)

Ady Berber
Bulgakov (uncredited)