The Beautiful Lurette (1960)

7.0/10 83 min Comedy Music History Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Evelyn Cron

Lurette

Jiří Papež

Campistrel

Otto Mellies

Herzog von Marly

Hannjo Hasse

Malicorne

Marianne Wünscher

Marcelline

Josef Burgwinkel

Abbé

Herbert Köfer

Höfling

Lore Frisch

Jochen Thomas

Werner Lierck

Jochen Diestelmann

Peter Kiwitt

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