An opera singer, restless in her marriage to an elderly Scottish lord, longs to return to the limelight of the stage in Paris..


If you have a soft spot for silent-era melodrama where people look intensely at letters for three minutes straight, you’ll probably find something to like in Le tourbillon de Paris. It’s for the kind of person who enjoys watching Lil Dagover be miserable in expensive furs. If you want a fast-paced thriller, stay away. ...

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Julien Duvivier

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"If you have a soft spot for silent-era melodrama where people look intensely at letters for three minutes straight, you’ll probably find something to like in Le tourbillon de Paris. It’s for the kind of person who enjoys watching Lil Dagover be miserable in expensive furs. If you want a fast-paced thriller, stay away. This movie takes its time getting out of the house, but once it hits Paris, it finally finds its pulse. The whole thing starts in Scotland, or at least the movie's version of Scot..."

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Julien Duvivier, Germaine Acremant
France


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