The Beautiful Lurette

The Beautiful Lurette

83 mins | Drama, Comedy, History, Music | Dec. 25, 1960

The beautiful and charming laundress Lurette is a well sought-after young woman in Ludwig XV’s Paris. Her heart is already taken, however, and she makes elaborate plans during Carnival to obtain the man she truly loves, the carpenter Campistrel. During her plans to make Campistrel jealous and recognize his love for her, she meets the Duke of Marly, who plans to make her his mistress. The unsuspecting Lurette finds herself caught in a love triangle, and her peer, Marcelline, must save the beautiful Lurette from these scandalous schemes.

The Beautiful Lurette

83 mins | Drama, Comedy, History, Music | Dec. 25, 1960

The Beautiful Lurette
The beautiful and charming laundress Lurette is a well sought-after young woman in Ludwig XV’s Paris. Her heart is already taken, however, and she makes elaborate plans during Carnival to obtain the man she truly loves, the carpenter Campistrel. During her plans to make Campistrel jealous and recognize his love for her, she meets the Duke of Marly, who plans to make her his mistress. The unsuspecting Lurette finds herself caught in a love triangle, and her peer, Marcelline, must save the beautiful Lurette from these scandalous schemes.
Producers DEFA
Original title Die schöne Lurette
Directors Gottfried Kolditz
Writers Werner Bernhardy

Cast

Evelyn Cron

as Lurette

Jiří Papež

as Campistrel

Otto Mellies

as Herzog von Marly

Hannjo Hasse

as Malicorne

Marianne Wünscher

as Marcelline

Josef Burgwinkel

as Abbé

Herbert Köfer

as Höfling