1939 Drama
1h 22min
In this Ophuls masterpiece, Feullère is a "fallen woman" -- once respectable but now forced to dance nude in a Montmartre bar to support her young son -- who rents an expensive furnished apartment to convince a long-ago lover (Georges Rigaud) that her life has been a happy one. More perhaps than any prewar Ophuls film, Sans lendemain anticipates his 1955 classic Lola Montès; both films feature a heroine who exposes her body while concealing her soul, trapped in a glamourous environment that is revealed as little more than a cage.
| Directed by | Max Ophüls |
| Written by | Curt Alexander, André-Paul Antoine |
| Original title | Sans Lendemain |
| Original lang. | French |
| Country | France |