La Tendre ennemie (1936)
Directed by Max Ophüls

Film Synopsis

Annette's love life has been a disaster.  Now it appears that her daughter is about to make the same mistakes, by getting engaged to a wealthy man instead of the man she really loves, a young aviator.  During the party, the ghosts of Annette's former husband and one of her ex-lovers appear.  They both hold her responsible for their deaths.  It wasn't long after her marriage that Annette began to fall out of love with her husband.  He was too occupied with his work, so naturally she felt abandoned and sought love elsewhere.  When she left him to start an affair with a lion tamer, her husband soon lost his zest for living.  Annette's demands soon took their toll on her new lover and, exhausted, he ended up being devoured by his lions.  A third ghost then puts in an appearance.  It is the young sailor that Annette loved before she was forced to marry a wealthy man.  Broken hearted, the young man killed himself, but he does not judge Annette as unkindly as the other ghosts.  Annette's life is ruined, but it is not too late to save that of her daughter...