Gefährliche Liebschaften

Originaltitel: Dangerous Liaisons

1988
16
1 Std. 59 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

76.602

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.138

1.311

Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, and John Malkovich in Gefährliche Liebschaften (1988)

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,5/10

76.602

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.138

1.311

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

3 Oscars gewonnen
- 21 Gewinne & 23 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
When the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos was first published in 1782, it was considered so scandalous that when Queen Marie Antoinette commissioned a copy for her personal library, she had to have it bound in a blank cover so that no one would recognize the author's name or title.

Patzer
When Madame de Tourvel is about to surrender to Valmont, a tear comes out of her right eye; in the next shot, her eye is still dry.

Zitate
Marquise de Merteuil: When I came out into society, I was fifteen. I already knew that the role I was condemned to, namely to keep quiet and do what I was told, gave me the perfect opportunity to listen and observe. Not to what people told me, which naturally was of no interest, but to whatever it was they were trying to hide. I practiced detachment. I learned how to look cheerful while, under the table, I stuck a fork into the back of my hand. I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear, philosophers to find out what to think, and novelists to see what I could get away with. And in the end, I distilled everything to one wonderfully simple principle: win or die.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Beaches/We Think the World of You/Dangerous Liaisons/The January Man/36 Fillette (1989)

Soundtracks
La Cetra Op. 9, Concerto No. 9
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi

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9/10

Deliciously corrupt

In pre-Revolutionary France, the Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) plots revenge against Bastide who aims to wed young virgin Cécile de Volanges (Uma Thurman). Merteuil tries to convince the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) to seduce Cécile but Valmont is busy seducing the married Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer) famous for her virtue. Merteuil offers a night with her as reward for Cécile's seduction.

It is a period piece alive with sexual tension. It is deliciously seductive. It is not old and dusty. Rather it is energetic and modern. The sexual manipulations and deceptive games give a greater edge to any modern romantic melodrama. Close and Malkovich are terrifically corrupt. Pfeiffer is excellent in the less showy virtuous role. Thurman plays the innocent ingénue. The acting is all top notch. The production is first rate directed by Stephen Frears.