ADIEU MASCOTTE (1929) Igo Sym, Marietta Millner & Lilian Harvey | Comedy | B&W | Classic Film

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The Model from Montparnasse (German: Das Modell vom Montparnasse) or Adieu Mascotte is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Igo Sym and Marietta Millner. Originally made as a silent film, it later had synchronized sound added. It is set in the Demimonde of Paris with a heroine working as an artist's model.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot at the Babelsberg, Staaken and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place in Paris and Nice.

Synopsis

Based on a story by Michel Linsky, “Adieu, Mascotte” revolves around an artist’s model named Mascotte (Harvey) who ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence in the Parisian art colony. In dire need of money to finance a friend’s operation, Mascotte auctions herself off at an artist’s ball. She is “bought” by a novelist named Jean (Igo Sym), who merely wants to teach his flirtatious wife a lesson. Discreetly keeping his distance, Jean persuades Mascotte to pose as his mistress so that his wife will become jealous and return to his arms. Of course, things don’t go as planned.

Cast & Crew

Lilian Harvey as Mascotte
Igo Sym as Jean Dardier, author
Marietta Millner as Josette, his wife
Harry Halm as Gaston, her lover
Julius Falkenstein as Giron
Ernst Pröckl as Servant at the Gastons
Erika Dannhoff as A model
Oskar Sima as Servant at the Dardiers
Hubert von Meyerinck as Sleeper conductor
Albert Paulig
Eugen Thiele