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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thatladyinermine_00_2630.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:300:Beauty, Majesty, Humility.]]
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4	''That Lady in Ermine'' is a 1948 adaptation of a German operetta, which had previously been adapted into a stage play and a silent film. It stars Creator/BettyGrable, Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr, and Creator/CesarRomero. It was directed by Creator/ErnstLubitsch and an uncredited Creator/OttoPreminger.
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6	On the wedding night of Countess Angelina of Bergamo (a RealLife place in northern Italy), her small state is invaded by Hungarian hussars. Her newlywed husband is forced to flee, and the invading army comes in unopposed.
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8	Hope comes instead from a supernatural force. Francesca "The Lady in Ermine", a previous countess from three centuries ago had saved the castle before from invaders, wearing nothing but an ermine coat; even her feet were bare. The other ghosts in the castle appear and call on Francesca's spirit to once again save the day. It turns out Francesca's legendary act, and how she plans to save this nation again, aren't as simple as it seems.
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10	This was Ernst Lubitsch's last film; he died just over a week after filming started. Otto Preminger took over and completed the film, but asked not to be given a directorial credit out of respect for Lubitsch.
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12	Not to be confused with the Creator/LeonardoDaVinci painting "Lady With an Ermine".
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14	!!Provides Examples Of:
15	* ErmineCapeEffect: Aside from the dream dress, Francesca wears only her ermine coat from the painting.
16	* FemmeFatale: Francesca's mystique is this. The details known of what happened are that she went into the tent of the Duke of the invading force, and then stabbed him in the back.
17	%%* IdenticalGrandson: Angelina and Francesca.
18	* LegFocus:
19	** The 19th-century dress Francesca wears has nothing under the crinoline, so Grable can lift it up and show off her gams.
20	** The way the ermine coat is cut also seems designed to show off her lower legs.
21	* MistakenForCheating: Angelina's husband annuls the marriage due to this.
22	* PimpedOutDress: A few, from Angelina's wedding dress, to the dream dress Francesca wears.
23	* PrettyInMink: The eponymous ermine coat, and at the end, Angelina wears a white ermine coat, hat, and muff [[spoiler:which effectively became a wedding dress at the end]].
24	* RuleOfSymbolism: InUniverse. When appealing to the 16th century invaders, Francesca wears an ermine coat to show her noble lineage, and bare feet to show she's being humble.
25	* UndeadBarefooter: Francesca is a ghost who always appears barefoot because she was depicted this way in the painting.

Context Film / ThatLadyInErmine