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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
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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:
Did she ever appear more beautiful? more (20 total)

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
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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:
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito': If you catch a man stealing, shoot him. Less trouble afterwards. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34 more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Did she ever appear more beautiful?, 24 November 2001
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Author: tategarbo from Cheltenham England

It may have been one of the flops of Dietrichs career upon its initial release in 1935 but that was mainly due to bad publicity, the Spanish government demanded that the film be banned and destroyed, thus making it such a rare treat to see for Dietrich fans. The film was also the only film that Marlene kept a personal copy of, Joseph Von-Sternbergs lighting and Dietrichs new eyebrows and make-up techniques make Marlene appear more beautiful than she ever did before or again. It is true that the films script is poor but one can forgive that, one can even forgive Dietrichs wooden acting and the poor songs she was forced to sing in the picture, we can forget about everything that is bad about the film because there is something so very impressive about it visually that when i watched it i couldnt take my eyes off the screen, today off course it is truly a masterpiece and the costumes that Dietrich wears are some of her most impressive, almost exceeding those marvellous costumes that she wore in Shanghai Express. It is sad to think that after this film Dietrichs career began to skid and never fully recovered.

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