Madame

Madame

1961 · 98 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy, Drama, History, Romance

Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumstances bring Lefebvre a noble title and even more -- Napoleon decides to make him the local ruler over a large territorial fiefdom. But trouble brews when Madame Sans-Gene, now elevated to the nobility along with her man -- cannot keep her frank observations under control.

Directed by Christian-Jaque · Written by Henri Jeanson

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