Download the book into available format new update. The title story of this collection is, like many of the others, set during the francoprussian war. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Mademoiselle fifi is the derisive nickname of a brutal prussian officer kurt krueger who rules the roost in a tiny french village. Mademoiselle fifi, who got in first, clapped his hands in delight at the sight of a terracotta venus, whose head had been blown off, and each picked up pieces of porcelain and wondered at the strange shape of the fragments, while the major was looking with a paternal eye at the large drawingroom, which had been wrecked after the fashion of a. Other articles where mademoiselle fifi is discussed. Titulo original mademoiselle fifi ano 1944 duracion 69 min.
One of kreugers few opportunities to play a nonnazi role was in 1948s unfaithfully yours, in which he played rex harrisons personal assistant. The grisly spectacle of the grand guignol of paris, 18971962 mel gordon download bok. The film features an ensemble cast headed by simone simon, john emery and kurt kreuger, and was produced by noted bfilm producer val lewton. Handsome, blond and six feet tall, kurt kreuger was a swiss german actor who was. Simone simon in mademoiselle fifi 1944 kurt kreuger and simone simon in. In occupied france during the francoprussian war, a young french laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors.
As in so many of maupassants stories he explores class barriers and looks at the contrasts between the french and german combatants. Mademoiselle fifi is a 1944 american period film directed by robert wise for rko, in his solo directorial debut. Kreuger had another good role in henry hathaways film noir the dark corner 1946, in which he was a. When he had read his letters and the german newspapers, which his baggagemaster had brought him, he got up, and after throwing three or four enormous. With simone simon, john emery, kurt kreuger, alan napier. A group of german states the leader of which was prussia waged war on france and won, leading to a unified germany and the end of frances status as the.
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