Monday Morning Maybe

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I Was an Adventuress

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1940 | 81 min | Drama, Crime, Romance

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans and romantics. If you loved Grand Hotel, start here.
The mood
Dark and gritty, warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 21 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1940: an older pace and style.

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...

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerWeak

    $15K worldwide

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 3K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Gregory Ratoff

  • Vera ZorinaCountess Tanya Vronsky
  • Richard GreenePaul Vernay
  • Erich von StroheimAndre Desormeaux
  • Peter LorrePolo
  • Sig RumanHerr Protz
  • Fritz FeldHenri Gautier
  • Cora WitherspoonAunt Cecile
  • Anthony Kemble-CooperCousin Emil
  • Paul PorcasiFisherman
  • Inez PalangeFisherman's Wife