Madame Pompadour (1931 film)

{{Short description|1931 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Madame Pompadour

|image = Madame Pompadour (1931 film).jpg

|caption = German film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Die Marquise von Pompadour}}

|director = Willi Wolff

|producer = Ellen Richter
Willi Wolff

|writer = Hans Rameau
Willi Wolff

|starring = {{ubl|Anny Ahlers|Kurt Gerron|Walter Jankuhn}}

|music = {{ubl|Eduard Künneke|Rudolf Nelson|Robert Stolz}}

|cinematography = Willy Hameister

|studio = Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat

|distributor = Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat

|released = {{Film date|1931|1|8|df=yes}}

|runtime = 103 minutes

|country = Germany

|language = German

}}

Madame Pompadour ({{langx|de|Die Marquise von Pompadour}}) is a 1931 German historical musical film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Anny Ahlers, Kurt Gerron, and Walter Jankuhn.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=156|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake |first1=Sabine |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }} Part of the tradition of operetta films, it portrays the relationship between Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV of France. The film is not based on the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall. It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin while location filming took place at the Palace of Versailles.Klaus p.196-97 A separate French version A Caprice of Pompadour was also released.