Debat The Scarlet Empress
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Visually stunning biopic of the early life of Catherine the Great
publicat per PT 100STAFFMOD el dia 26 l de 2018 a les 7:27 P.M.
Outstanding sets, lighting and camera work make this Josef von Sternberg film an abstract expressionist masterpiece. A bit slow in the middle, but otherwise an excellent film. Interestingly, there is sparse dialog, allowing the visuals to dominate to good effect. Sam Jaffe is wonderful as Peter--very creepy and screwy.
A piece of trivia: the actress who played Catherine as a child was actually Dietrich's daughter, Maria. She grew into a beautiful and talented adult actress and, at the age of 95, is still working in film at this writing.
Resposta per rudely_murray
el 26 l de 2018 a les 8:23 P.M.
Completely agree - it's a superb film, dazzling to look at and with magnificent performances by Dietrich and Sam Jaffe as the mad Duke. It's a while since I saw it but I don't remember the pace flagging at all in the middle. I need to take another look at it.
I did not know that Dietrich's daughter was still around and still working!
Resposta per tmdb53400018
el 28 l de 2018 a les 2:31 A.M.
It's a visually impressive film, most likely one of the ones that gave von Sternberg and Dietrich's partnership so much eminence.