Auf Befehl der Pompadour
(1924)
★ 5 IMDb · 2 votes
Year: 1924
Country: Germany
Director: Frederic Zelnik
Cast: Lya Mara, Alwin Neuß, Hans Albers, Frida Richard, Jakob Tiedtke, Max Neumann, Sophie Pagay, Georges Vaultier, Hermann Böttcher
Plot
The film takes place on two time levels: first in contemporary France and then in the time of Louis XV. in the 18th century. Lucienne is a young, dynamic woman who, although she loves the chief engineer of her uncle Abel Fernay’s car factory, is forced to marry an unloved man, a noble businessman.