Le brasier ardent (1923)

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Country: France
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1923-11-02
Director: Ivan Mozzhukhin
Writers: Ivan Mozzhukhin
Language: None | French
Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin , Nathalie Lissenko , Nicolas Koline , Camille Bardou , Adeline de La Croix , Franco Zellas , Paul Franceschi , Jules de Spoly , Pierre Batcheff (1907–1932) , Jacqueline Blanc
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Flammende Hjerter (Denmark) , O Braseiro ardente (Brazil) , Костер пылающий , Ehegeschichten (Germany) , Le brasier ardent (France, French Republic) , Miasto rozkoszy (Poland) , The Burning Brazier (United States of America) , Le brasier ardent , O Braseiro Ardente (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Gyönyörváros (Hungary) , Flammende hjerter (Norway) , The Burning Crucible (United States of America)
Plot: A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on the other hand, torments himself by imagining rivals. One morning she awakens from a nightmare in which she has been pursued by a man in various guises, who turns out to be the famous Detective Z, whose memoirs she has been reading. When she and her husband quarrel over leaving Paris permanently for a country estate, he goes to the "Trouve Tout" Agency and hires, of all people, Detective Z, to win back her affection. She promptly steals their marriage contract. Z tracks down the document and is nearly seduced in the process, but he resists her and returns to the comforts of home, his adoring mother, and a pet bulldog. In a chic restaurant one evening, she challenges him to a dancing duel, which he wins. After her confession of love, he goes home with a toothache. The contract is returned, the married couple plan to go away on a trip - all is ending as it should...
IMDB:tt0293777