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Overview

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Writers:
Pierre Louÿs (novel)
John Dos Passos (adaptation)
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Release Date:
1935 (Turkey) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Kiss me .. and I'll break your heart!
Plot:
Film told in flashbacks of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A Richly Layered, Tauntingly Fascinating Spectacle! more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Marlene Dietrich ... Concha Perez
Lionel Atwill ... Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar

Edward Everett Horton ... Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
Alison Skipworth ... Senora Perez

Cesar Romero ... Antonio Galvan
Don Alvarado ... Morenito (bullfighter)
Tempe Pigott ... Tuerta
Francisco Moreno ... Alphonso (Paquito's secretary) (as Paco Moreno)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hank Mann ... Foreman on snowbound train (scenes deleted)
Joel McCrea ... Antonio Galvan (replaced by Cesar Romero) (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Caprice Espagno (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Germany:75 min | USA:79 min | Portugal:80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Portugal:17 | Portugal:(Banned) (original rating) | UK:A (original rating) (1935) | UK:U (re-rating) (2006) | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | USA:Approved (PCA #538)

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Trivia:
In Maximillian Schell's documentary "Marlene", Marlene Dietrich said that this was her favorite of her films. more
Quotes:
Senora Perez: How I worry when I see my daughter leave in the morning.
Concha Perez: How can you say that, Mother, when you sleep all day?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34 more

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9 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
A Richly Layered, Tauntingly Fascinating Spectacle!, 13 March 2002

"The is a Woman" is a wholly artificial film, dealing with wholly artificial people, amidst wholly artificial surroundings. Like "The Scarlet Empress" with imperial Russia before it, "The is a Woman" takes the simple idea of old Spain during carnival, and exaggerates it into a fantastic world choking itself with an impossible amount of streamers, confetti, and grotesquely costumed revelers. Essentially to Spanish to possibly be Spanish, the atmosphere created gives a richly textured visual feel. It becomes a costume as garish as those the Spanish people wear, disguising a series of complex and controversial themes, which could never be used as open plot devices. Director Josef von Sternberg is obviously aware of the conventions and restraints set up by Hollywood, twisting them to his own good. Using the illusion of a typical Hollywood story, he thinly but potently veils these visual costumes, which in themselves hide his rich themes, creating a film so layered its staggering!

At the center of all this is a Dietrich so beautiful, it is not quite possible to believe she ever existed outside this fantastic world created for her. Impeccably lighted, and costumed in the most flamboyant trappings imaginable, she is a toyingly evil creature of film, more alive than ever. Is it any wonder her character ruins so many men, on film alone you could fall in love with her?!

"The is a Woman" is a completely visual film. It's themes and ideas do not come from what you hear, but what you see. The plot, which seems to hide them, is really needed only that these themes and visuals may gradually reach you. I think, essentially, that story for Sternberg was like the cherry flavor in cough medicine, designed only to help you swallow the truly important stuff. Perhaps we may never reach the center of a film like "The is a Woman." If we did would we find the key to everything, or merely emptiness?

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