Ariane, jeune fille russe (film)  Ariane, jeune fille russe is a 1931 French-German drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Gaby Morlay, Rachel Devirys and Maria Fromet. It was a French-language version of the film "Ariane" made a co-production. It was adapted from the 1920 novel "Ariane, jeune fille russe" by Claude Anet. Ariane, a Russian student in Paris, decides to seduce a man who is in his forties.