Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Leading Actors/Actresses
Miriam Hopkins, Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Edward Everett Horton, Charles Ruggles, C. Aubrey Smith
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Language
English
Awards
n/a
Date of Release
1932
Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
Setting and Context
Paris 1930s
Narrator and Point of View
Point of view is that of Monescu
Tone and Mood
Comedic, Realistic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonists are Monescu and Lily. Antagonists are Filiba and Giron.
Major Conflict
Monescu is on the run from the police and hides out in Paris by becoming Madame Colet's assistant in order to rob her.
Climax
Monescu falls in loves with Colet and tells her the truth of he and Lily's plan to rob her. Colet lets the two lovers go and does not call the police.
Foreshadowing
The Venetian ashtray foreshadows that Francois is going to remember that it was Monescu who robbed him in Venice.
Understatement
No real use of understatement.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
n/a
Allusions
n/a
Paradox
Madame Colet is initially prepared to turn Monescu over to the police for stealing from her, but when told that it was Giron who stole from her she paradoxically doesn't desire to take action against him.
Parallelism
The end scene of Monescu and Lily discovering that they have robbed one another parallels their initial dinner where they did the same thing upon meeting.
