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Release Year1940
Runtime1h 21m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Crime, Romance
Votes10
DirectorGregory Ratoff
WritersKarl Tunberg, Don Ettlinger, John O'Hara
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsI Was an Adventuress
About I Was an Adventuress
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
Directed by Gregory Ratoff, I Was an Adventuress leans on a strong ensemble — Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1940.
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