1930 · paramount · lubitsch · macdonald
Monte Carlo
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch1h 30m1930
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
Our read: Monte Carlo (1930) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded paramount · lubitsch · macdonald entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle paramount / lubitsch, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- intimate
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“You want frothy pre-Code Lubitsch musical romance with casino wit and songs.”
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