The Marquise of O

Synopsis

In northern Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, a virtuous widowed aristocrat is rescued from assault by Russian soldiers by an honorable Russian count, only to discover months later that she is mysteriously pregnant with no memory of intercourse, placing an announcement in the newspaper asking the unknown father to identify himself for marriage. Éric Rohmer and Néstor Almendros' Cannes Grand Prix-winning adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist starring Edith Clever and Bruno Ganz.