The new military attaché at the Constantinople embassy helps a young woman who is being blackmailed by her own husband..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you are into dusty, old-world dramas where people talk in rooms for hours. If you want high-octane excitement, skip this one immediately. You will likely find it bored to tears. But if you have a soft spot for grainy, stagey black-and-white cinema from the early days, you might ...
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Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you are into dusty, old-world dramas where people talk in rooms for hours. If you want high-octane excitement, skip this one immediately. You will likely find it bored to tears. But if you have a soft spot for grainy, stagey black-and-white cinema from the early days, you might find some charm here. The whole thing feels like a play that someone decided to film on a Tuesday. There is this heavy, stuffy air of the Constantinople embassy that feels almost ..."
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Pierre Frondaie, Reginald Denham, Heinz Goldberg, Claude Farrère, Harry Kahn, Henry Koster
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