Around 1912-1913, the French company Société Lux produced a string of comedies featuring a main character called Cunégonde. The surviving films show the same actress playing the part as either an unruly maid, an annoying spinster or a ferocious wife. The true identity of the actress playing Cunégonde has remained a mystery for decades, until now…

This presentation by Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Amsterdam’s EYE Filmmuseum, includes a screening of the surviving Cunégonde films along with a discussion on what we now know about the actress. Discover this extraordinary story about a mysterious woman who was internationally acclaimed in her time but then lost for more than a century.

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