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Madame DuBarry
Madame DuBarry
	Ad for film, released in the United States as Passion
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Norbert Falk; Hanns Kräly;
Based on	Memoirs d'un médecin; by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Pola Negri; Emil Jannings;
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl; Kurt Waschneck;
Edited by	Elfi Böttrich
Music by	William Axt; Hans Jönsson; David Mendoza; Alexander Schirmann;
Production; company	PAGU
Distributed by	UFA (Germany); First National (US);
Release dates	September 18, 1919 (German; premiere); November 26, 1919 (Denmark); December 12, 1920 (US; as Passion);
Running time	85 minutes; 114 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	Silent film

Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch,^[2] written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.

It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

Madame DuBarry (1919)

Cast edit

The film has been released on DVD.^[3] In 2014, it was released on dual format Blu-ray and DVD as part of the Masters of Cinema series.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Blu-ray.com - Madame DuBarry Blu-ray
^ Scheunemann, Dietrich (1 January 2006). Expressionist Film: New Perspectives. Camden House. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1-57113-350-2.
^ Home Video: Madame Du Barry at silentera.com