A garter falls into the hands of a Duke, who falls for an Empress..
If you have a soft spot for dusty, pre-war French musicals where people break into song over laundry, then yes, Moi et l'impératrice is worth 80 minutes of your life. 👑But if you hate shrill operettas or plots that hinge entirely on a piece of underwear, please run away immediately.The whole thing starts because a gar...
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"If you have a soft spot for dusty, pre-war French musicals where people break into song over laundry, then yes, Moi et l'impératrice is worth 80 minutes of your life. 👑But if you hate shrill operettas or plots that hinge entirely on a piece of underwear, please run away immediately.The whole thing starts because a garter falls off. Seriously, that is the entire inciting incident.A Duke finds it and suddenly he is convinced he is in love with the Empress.It is the kind of movie where everyone sp..."
Willy Leardy
Felix Salten, Walter Reisch, Robert Liebmann, Bernard Zimmer, Jean Boyer
Germany
1937 · IMDb 7.4
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