THE WOMAN AND THE PUPPET (1929) Conchita Montenegro, Tristan Sévère, Henri Lévêque |Drama|Free Movie

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he Woman and the Puppet (French: La femme et le pantin) is a 1929 French silent drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Conchita Montenegro, Tristan Sévère [fr] and Henri Lévêque. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pierre Louÿs. and the play of the same name by Pierre Frondaie.

Synopsis:

Womanizer Don Mateo helps a girl in a train when attacked by a other woman. This girl, Conchita - a cigarette maker, soon visits the rich Don Mateo at his palace in Sevillia. He falls for her, but she likes to play with him. Sometimes she encourages his advances, then she rejects him. Furthermore, there's a portrait of a young man in her room. When he offers her money her mother urges her to accept, she runs away. Some months later he discovers her dancing flamenco in a sleazy cabaret. She notices him, flirts with other customers, then with the young man from the portrait, before she starts talking again with Don Mateo. But the manager asks her to prepare for the next number. Don Mateo soon realises, that that next number is not on the stage, but in a different room. There she dances in the nude (shown!) for rich tourists. He interrupts her dance and asks her to quit. She half accepts and starts dancing in a different place. A rendez-vous with Mateo is again used to make him mad with love and jealousy. When he learns that the man in the picture is paid by Conchita to act as her lover, he gives up and decides to move to Paris with a friend. But then Conchita shows up to confess her love and they start a real romance...

Cast & Crew:

Conchita Montenegro as Conchita
Tristan Sévère [fr] as Don Mateo
Henri Lévêque as André Stinvenol
Jean Dalbe as Morenito
Andrée Canti as Woman in Train
Léo Joannon as Don Mateo's Friend

La femme et le pantin (1929)
Director: Jacques de Baroncelli
Writers: Pierre Louÿs (novel), Pierre Frondaie (play), Jacques de Baroncelli (adaptation)
Cinematography: Louis Chaix
Music: Edmond Lavagne, Philippe Parès, Georges Van Parys
Production Company: Société des Cinéromans
Distributor: Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release Date: 31 May 1929
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: France
Language: Silent (French intertitles)