The Lady Banker

The banker's wife ( original title: La banquière ) is a French film drama from 1980 directed by Francis Girod Romy Schneider can be seen in the lead role. .

Action

Paris 1921: Emma Eckhert, a milliner with bisexual tendencies, marries the elderly, but wealthy businessman Moïse Nathanson. The marriage is Emma as a tool for their planned ascent into the high society of Paris. After some time, she begins an affair with the rich Camille. With their support Emma Bank President is a savings bank. The success of their bank based on inflated guaranteed interest payments to savers. Horace Vannister, owner of a competing bank begins to suspect that the rise Emma's not odd things. Horace influential political friends and achieved a review of the Bank.

After the bank was searched by decision of a court, Emma is accused of stock manipulation and sentenced to three years in prison. While in detention, Emma continues to fight for their success and to regain its prestige. However, it has again until success, when the government changes and Emma is rehabilitated in the sequence. When she returns to her bank and its creditors applied promises full compensation of the debt, it comes in an assassination attempt killed.

Background

Model for the title role was the banker's wife Marthe Hanau, 1935 in prison took his own life.

The film premiered on 27 August 1980 in France. In Germany, the banker's wife came on April 2, 1981 in the cinemas and was first shown on September 23, 1988 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1982 deceased Romy Schneider Sat.1 on German television.

Reviews

The lexicon of the International film describes the banker's wife as " [ a] ufwendige [n ] Star movie, which neither his comedy style by still holds relationships politico -economic nature shows ." " The targeted Portrait modern role behavior " go there " in a production under that loses about the luxurious decorations, the theme from the eyes."

Cinema spoke of a " drama with a brilliant Romy Schneider ". The film was " [o ] pulentes euro cinema [ ... ] with great actors ." Prism described the film as " imposing [s ] Portrait of an unusual woman ." The director is in the process " less about the entanglement of politics and finance " gone, " but rather the melodramatic aspects of an active life ."

Awards

At the ceremony of the César 1981, the film was nominated in four categories: Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art Direction (Jean -Jacques Caziot ) and Best Sound (Jean -Pierre Ruh ). However, the banker's wife was subject in all categories of the competition.

1980 in film Screenplay Ariel Zeitoun Film score Marie-France Pisier Jean-Louis Trintignant
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