Lily falls in love with the sculptor who leaves her out of fear of commitment.Lily falls in love with the sculptor who leaves her out of fear of commitment.Lily falls in love with the sculptor who leaves her out of fear of commitment.
Max Barwyn
- Matire D'
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
- French Teacher
- (uncredited)
Sam Harris
- Wedding Attendant
- (uncredited)
James A. Marcus
- Cleric
- (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
- Carriage Driver
- (uncredited)
Florence Roberts
- Book Store Customer
- (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
- Man at Berlin Railway Station
- (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
- Admirer
- (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
- Butler at Baron von Merzbach's
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBrian Aherne replaced Randolph Scott in the leading male role of Richard Waldow.
- GoofsAfter putting her aunt to bed with a cup of tea and a bottle of rum, Lily goes to turn off the gas lamp in her room - but the lights on the set go off before she extinguishes the flame of the lamp.
- Quotes
Lily Czepanek: I can't take my clothes off!
Richard Waldow: Why? Why can't you?
Lily Czepanek: Why, I'd, I'd be undressed!
- ConnectionsEdited into Governing Body (2023)
- SoundtracksHeideroslein
(uncredited)
Music by Franz Schubert
Lyrics by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sung by Marlene Dietrich
Featured review
Early Dietrich, sans Von Sternberg
Interesting to see Dietrich, early in her Hollywood career, working with a director other than her Pygmalion, Josef von Sternberg. The latter director provided beautiful but often-static set-ups for framing her, while Mamoulian's musicality and fluid camera release her. (Think also of his direction of Garbo in "Queen Christina," and that film's famous scene in which she moves lovingly and rhythmically--it was timed to a metronome-- around the bedroom, watched by her lover. )
I think this is one of Dietrich's best performances. She passes through many phases, from naive young girl to earthy woman. Her song "Johnny" is sublime--and moving, when she angrily tears into the second chorus after spotting in the audience the lover who had abandoned and disillusioned her.
I think this is one of Dietrich's best performances. She passes through many phases, from naive young girl to earthy woman. Her song "Johnny" is sublime--and moving, when she angrily tears into the second chorus after spotting in the audience the lover who had abandoned and disillusioned her.
- hildacrane
- Dec 11, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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