Adrienne Lecouvreur

Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while Maurice is away at war The film was a coproduction between the two countries and was made at UFAs Berlin Studios It was based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé about the life of the eighteenth century actress Adrienne Lecouvreur