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I Was an Adventuress
6.5 / 10• 1940• 1h 21m•NR• English
DramaCrimeRomance
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
Vera Zorina
Countess Tanya Vronsky
Lead
Richard Greene
Paul Vernay
Erich von Stroheim
Andre Desormeaux
Peter Lorre
Polo
Sig Ruman
Herr Protz
Fritz Feld
Henri Gautier
Cora Witherspoon
Aunt Cecile
AK
Anthony Kemble-Cooper
Cousin Emil
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gregory Ratoff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. I Was an Adventuress is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
