Max Ophüls

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in de...

Soldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves.

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Three short stories about pleasure.

An ambitious young LA department store model gets her wish of marrying a millionaire but she eventually discovers that rich life isn't always a happy one.

Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.

A young salesman may inherit a wine-estate on one condition: he can't drink a drop of alcohol for at least a month.