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
This picture was a big reversal for Marlene Dietrich. Besides her first picture without Von Sternberg as director, it is the first one in which she goes from ingenue to demi-monde, instead of starting out as one. Here she is cast as a country girl who comes to the big city and befriends a sculptor of nudes (Aherne). She becomes his model, until he kisses her. Then the scales fall from their eyes and she becomes his lover. It is an extremely effective scene.
Matters evolve (or devolve) as a Prussian Colonel (Lionel Atwill) also takes an interest in his model. Atwill, who normally plays diabolical and unsavory types, has one of his best roles as a lecherous soldier and plays it to the hilt. It is a riveting portrayal and commands your attention whenever he is on screen. Alison Skipworth, one of Hollywood's best character actresses, plays her dipso aunt in what is her best role since "Outward Bound".
The storyline is not the thing here but it is fascinating to watch a master like Mamoulian at work and to watch Dietrich play against type, as well as watching the aforementioned Atwill in a performance that is sublime. Those are the surprises, not the plot - it's been done many times before and since.
Matters evolve (or devolve) as a Prussian Colonel (Lionel Atwill) also takes an interest in his model. Atwill, who normally plays diabolical and unsavory types, has one of his best roles as a lecherous soldier and plays it to the hilt. It is a riveting portrayal and commands your attention whenever he is on screen. Alison Skipworth, one of Hollywood's best character actresses, plays her dipso aunt in what is her best role since "Outward Bound".
The storyline is not the thing here but it is fascinating to watch a master like Mamoulian at work and to watch Dietrich play against type, as well as watching the aforementioned Atwill in a performance that is sublime. Those are the surprises, not the plot - it's been done many times before and since.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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