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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
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NR,1hr 52min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1947
Director:
Albert Lewin
Starring:
George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, David Bond  ...more
Synopsis: Writer/director Albert Lewin, ever on the lookout for esoteric story material that would accommodate his fascination with Egyptian sculpture and feline symbolism, managed to inject both into The Private Affairs of Bel Ami. Though based on a Guy de Maupassant story, Bel Ami seems to have been written by Oscar Wilde, another of Lewin's pets (e.g. The Picture of Dorian Gray). George Sanders plays an epigrammatic Parisian journalist, who rises to the top through the "kindnesses" of the various influential ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Albert Lewin had a predilection for literary sources for his films, and The Private Affairs of Bel Ami is one which is so derived, to very good effect. Granted, devotees of Guy de Maupassant's original novel will likely object to the liberties taken with the material, most particularly the ending in which the title character must pay for his misdeeds. This is a justified reaction, but if one looks ... Full Review
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George Sanders
Georges Duroy/Bel Ami
Angela Lansbury
Clothilde de Marelle
David Bond
Norbert de Varenne
Ann Dvorak
Madeleine Forestier
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