Elena and Her Men

Elena and Her Men

Elena and Her Men

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Elena and Her Men

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

1956

1h 35m

5.9(48 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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.

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Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Général François Rollan

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Elena Sokorowska

Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer

Le comte Henri de Chevincourt

Jean Richard

Jean Richard

Hector

Juliette Gréco

Juliette Gréco

Miarka, la gitane

Pierre Bertin

Pierre Bertin

Martin-Michaud

Dora Doll

Dora Doll

Rosa la Rose

Frédéric Duvallès

Frédéric Duvallès

Gaudin

Renaud Mary

Renaud Mary

Fleury

Jacques Morel

Jacques Morel

Duchêne

Creative team

Directed by: Jean Renoir
Written by: Jean Serge
Jean Renoir
Produced by: Joseph Bercholz
Edouard Gide

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