Mademoiselle Fifi

Released Jan 26, 1944

1h 9m

Drama

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67%

Tomatometer

6 Reviews

50%

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50+ Ratings

During the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. When a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.

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James Agee

TIME Magazine

No other group in Hollywood, it appears, knows how to do so much with so little.

Feb 28, 2018

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Jose Maria Santos

Cine-Mundial

Simone Simon is very successful in her role. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 18, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

My hat is off to the filmmakers who made this brave film.

Rated: B

Jan 15, 2008

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A rare non-horror film for producer Val Lewton, the oft-forgotten Mademoiselle Fifi moves with the same intelligent, elegant style and economy as his other films.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 15, 2007

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TV Guide

The whole thing is a less-than-successful allegory for the horrors taking place in Europe during WW II.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 15, 2007

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

One of the few non-thrillers in the oeuvre of producer-auteur Val Lewton, this period piece shows even more glaringly how close his celebrated taste and intelligence could skirt to outright stodginess.

Nov 15, 2007

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Tom M

Surprising film I'd never heard of, but caught on TCM. Great WW2 Free French propaganda movie. You cannot watch this and NOT fall in love with Simone Simon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/24/20

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Audience Member

I loved so much the Maupassant's text and all the strenght of the French fierce resistance. "Our bell is silent": silent and non-violent resistance is just an ideal and the bell restart to ring only after one murder. I love the "Prussian Caress": a kiss with mouth full of smoke...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

This and "Youth Runs Wild" stand out among Val Lewton's films, as they are not horror movies. This is the more successful of the two. The beautiful Simone Simon finally gets to play a French woman, rather than a Eastern European cat person. Jason Robards' dad shows up again. A period piece about Germans invading France, released in 1944, is certainly interesting. But this is no Casablanca.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Robert Wise

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Synopsis

During the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. When a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.

Director: Robert Wise
Producer: Val Lewton
Screenwriter: Guy de Maupassant, Josef Mischel, Peter Ruric
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 1944, Original
Runtime: 1h 9m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)