Romy Schneider News

Daniela Sannwald, curator of the exhibition "Romy Schneider: Vienna-Berlin-Paris" poses with photographs of the French film star.

The other night, in the rain, in the dark, I watched Serge Bromberg's documentary on the salvaged rushes of Henri-Georges Clouzot's abandoned film from 1964: L'Enfer . According to Clouzot's meticulous storyboards, the film was about a young couple, Odette and Marcel Prieur, who own a remote hotel beside a lake.

"LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE" -- Who knows how many more great, almost forgotten old films are just waiting to be rediscovered? Alan Cavalier's slipped-through-the-cracks 1962 thriller/romantic drama, produced by Louis Malle, has been figuratively excavated, restored and brought to these shores for exposure it richly deserves.

Henri-George Clouzot, centre, with Serge Reggiani and Romy Schneider, stars of La TMEnfer Miles Fielder Published on 12 Nov 2009 Connoisseurs of cinema consider the late Henri-George Clouzot to be one of the finest masters of the medium.

Romy Schneider in a scene from the unfinished L'Enfer. There's a peculiar fascination about ambitious unfinished works that listeners, viewers and readers are left to complete in their minds.

Genre: Drama Release Date: 11/06/2009 Running Time: 104 mins Director: Alain Cavalier Producer: Distributor: Nouvelles A Buy Tickets Le Combat Dans L'ile Alain Cavalier's 1962 Le Combat Dans L'ile isn't a lost masterpiece-it's too unstable for that-but it's fascinatingly nervy.

Our synopses give away the plot in full, including surprise twists. A documentary detailing the attempts of legendary French director Henri-Georges Clouzot in the early 1960s to film his long-planned project Inferno , a study of jealousy starring Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani.

German distribs have continued to close a slew of deals since the end of the Mipcom programming mart in Cannes last week.

The popular Sissi series of movies about the Austro-Hungarian royal family brought the daughter of actor Wolf Albach-Retty and 1930s film star Magda Schneider popular recognition throughout the German-speaking world in the 1950s as Elizabeth of Austria.

Badgley Mischka has long been known for their elegant and glamorous evening wear, but in 2010 they are coming clean.

A little-seen mini-classic from the French New Wave is being shown Sunday through Tuesday at Cinestudio.

Spring is on the horizon. And Rena Lange's Julian Neale envisions the season in stylish looks inspired by Romy Schneider in Jacques Deray's 1969 film, "La Piscine," set around... Read the full article by SUBSCRIBING today! Subscribe now to WWD.COM , for complete access to breaking news and events that shape the worldwide Fashion Industry.

Spring is on the horizon. And Rena Lange's Julian Neale envisions the season in stylish looks inspired by Romy Schneider in Jacques Deray's 1969 film, "La Piscine," set around... Read the full article by SUBSCRIBING today! Subscribe now to WWD.COM , for complete access to breaking news and events that shape the worldwide Fashion Industry.

Spring is on the horizon. And Rena Lange's Julian Neale envisions the season in stylish looks inspired by Romy Schneider in Jacques Deray's 1969 film, "La Piscine," set around... Read the full article by SUBSCRIBING today! Subscribe now to WWD.COM , for complete access to breaking news and events that shape the worldwide Fashion Industry.

Serge Reggiani and Romy Schneider star in the aborted 'L'enfer.' A Lobster Films presentation in co-production with France 2 Cinema.