Coupable d’innocence ou Quand la raison dort (1992)

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Country: France, Poland
Genres: Drama
Release: 1992-02-10
Director: Marcin Ziebinski
Writers: Andrzej Rychcik , Wojciech Ziminski
Language: Polish | French
Stars: Jonathan Zaccaï , Ute Lemper , Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu , Jan Peszek , Janusz Gajos , Witold Debicki , Wojciech Pszoniak , André Wilms , Aleksander Bardini , Szymon Borowiecki
Runtime: 110 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Gdy rozum śpi (Poland) , Coupable d'innocence ou Quand la raison dort (France, French Republic) , Coupable d'innocence ou quand la raison dort , Schuldlos schuldig (Germany) , Coupable d'Innocence (France, French Republic) , Kiedy rozum śpi (Poland) , Guilty of Innocence
Plot: This sumptuously photographed period drama is set in 1791 Vienna. Maximilian Bardo, an opportunistic 18-year old Viennese man with aspirations to rise above his bourgeois upbringing, looks for a chance to shoehorn himself into the nobility. His hopes lead him to the castle of a wealthy inventor, Alexander Plant. It is here that a strange story is played out, as Maximilian, full of naive illusions and innocent ideals of what it means to be wealthy and noble, quickly loses his innocence. Falling prey to the jaded aristocrats in residence, he is cruelly initiated into their decadent games.
IMDB:tt0099639