Elena and Her Men
“The Only Thing Gayer Than April in Paris is Bergman in Paris!”
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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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Principal cast & crew: 32
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Edited by Borys LewinShot by Claude RenoirScored by Joseph KosmaDesigned by Jean Andre
Also known as
- Weiße Margeritende
- Elena and Her Menen
- Elena y los hombreses
- Eliana e gli uominiit
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Cast & Crew
32 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ingrid Bergman
as Elena Sokorowska
Jean Marais
as Général François Rollan
Mel Ferrer
as Le comte Henri de Chevincourt
Jean Richard
as Hector
Juliette Greco
as Miarka, la gitane
Pierre Bertin
as Martin-Michaud
Dora Doll
as Rosa la Rose
Frederic Duvalles
as Gaudin
Renaud Mary
as Fleury
Jacques Morel
as Duchêne
Albert Remy
as Buchez
Jean Claudio
as Lionel Villaret
Supporting cast
11Mirko Ellis
as Marbeau
Jacques Hilling
as Lisbonne
Jacques Jouanneau
as Eugène Martin-Michaud
Elina Labourdette
as Paulette Escoffier
Olga Valery
as Olga
Gerard Buhr
as Un soldat
Jean Castanier
as Isnard
Magali Noel
as Lolotte
Gregori Chmara
as Le domestique d'Elena
Gaston Modot
as Le chef des bohèmiens
Francine Berge
as une soubrette chez Rosa la Rose
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