"Die nackte Bovary" or "The Sins of Madame Bovary" or just "Madame Bovary" is a co-production between West Germany and Italy from 1969, so this one will soon have its 50th anniversary. According to IMDb, this is a German-language film, but all the versions I found were in Italian, so I think this is more likely. Anyway, it runs for 90 minutes approximately and it is another take on the extremely famous novel by Gustave Flaubert. For director Hans Schott-Schöbinger as well as the writers, it may be among the most known works of their careers. The cast does not really offer any famous names in my opinion. Some may have heard of lead actress Edwige Fenech and if we are honest here you cannot really look any better in your early 20s than she does, especially if you are more into brunettes as I am. In terms of the acting, I am not entirely sold I must say though, even if she probably isn't worse than any of the other actors in here and I found most of the acting relatively forgettable. It feels that a lot of this film is really mostly about costumes, sets and beautiful people (not just Fenech), which of course hurts in the story-telling department.
I will not go into detail any further about the story in detail because I believe that this film is only a good watch perhaps who really love the story of Mme. Bovary and there are certainly other, newer films out there that you may want to check out first because they are just far more easily accessible such as the recent Mia Wasikowska movie about Bovary. Anyway, as for this one here, it is a bit of style over substance, even if I somehow liked the watch early on and the ways in which we find out how Bovary is unhappy with her life in general and with her husband's ambitions in particular. But it gets weaker in the second half unfortunately and the parts about her affairs and the financial problems did not really attract my attention which is a pity as later on I enjoyed the part again when she feels as if she has to help her husband. Overall, I still give this one a nay. Watch something else instead. Not the best take on Flaubert here.
I will not go into detail any further about the story in detail because I believe that this film is only a good watch perhaps who really love the story of Mme. Bovary and there are certainly other, newer films out there that you may want to check out first because they are just far more easily accessible such as the recent Mia Wasikowska movie about Bovary. Anyway, as for this one here, it is a bit of style over substance, even if I somehow liked the watch early on and the ways in which we find out how Bovary is unhappy with her life in general and with her husband's ambitions in particular. But it gets weaker in the second half unfortunately and the parts about her affairs and the financial problems did not really attract my attention which is a pity as later on I enjoyed the part again when she feels as if she has to help her husband. Overall, I still give this one a nay. Watch something else instead. Not the best take on Flaubert here.