Lola Montes (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Lola Montes is a visually ravishing, narrative daring dramatization of the life of the notorious courtesan and showgirl, played by Martine Carol. With his customary cinematographic flourish and, for the first time, vibrant color, Max Ophuls charts Montes's scandalous past through the bombastic ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) of the American circus where she ends up performing. Ophuls's final film, Lola Montes is at once a magnificent romantic melodrama, a meditation on the lurid fascination with celebrity, and a meticulous, one-of-a-kind movie spectacle.

Starring: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Oskar Werner, Willy Eichberger, Beatrice Arnac, Carl Esmond, Claude Pinoteau, Daniel Mendaille, Friedrich Domin, Germaine Delbat, Jean Galland, Marcel Ophüls, Werner Finck, Willy Roesner, Lise Delamare, Henri Guisol, Paulette Dubost, Helena Manson

Director: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Laura Greenlee, Scott Mosier