Lola Montès

Dec 23, 1955

1h 56m

★ 6.8

She lived too intensely and far too well!

Overview

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

Florida Films

Gamma Film

Union-Film GmbH

Lola Montès Trailers

Cast

Lola Montes

Martine Carol

Circus Master

Peter Ustinov

King Ludwig I of Bavaria

Anton Walbrook

Horsema Maurice

Henri Guisol

Lola's Mother

Lise Delamare

Josephine, The Maid

Paulette Dubost

Student

Oskar Werner

Private Secretary

Jean Galland

Franz Liszt

Will Quadflieg

Lieutenant James' Sister

Héléna Manson

Stewardess

Germaine Delbat

Doctor

Carl Esmond

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