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Elena and Her Men

Elena and Her Men

The Only Thing Gayer Than April in Paris is Bergman in Paris!

1956 · 95 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

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.

Directed by Jean Renoir · Written by Jean Serge

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