Passion (1920) | Directed by Ernst Lubitsch - Full Movie

The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.

Madame DuBarry is a 1919 German silent film on the life of Madame Du Barry. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly with the title role taken by Pola Negri and Louis XV played by Emil Jannings. Its alternative title for United States distribution was Passion.

It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Written by: Norbert Falk, Hanns Kräly
Based on: Memoirs d'un médecin by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by: Paul Davidson
Starring: Pola Negri, Emil Jannings
Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl, Kurt Waschneck
Edited by: Elfi Böttrich
Music by: William Axt, Hans Jönsson, David Mendoza, Alexander Schirmann
Production company: PAGU
Distributed by: UFA (Germany), First National (USA)
Release date: September 18, 1919 (German; premiere), November 26, 1919 (Denmark), December 12, 1920 (US; as Passion)
Running time: 85 minutes, 114 minutes
Country: Germany
Language: Silent film