

Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for 1930s French melodramas and don't mind when the plot gets a little bit thin. If you’re looking for a tight thriller, you'll be bored to tears within twenty minutes. If you want to see Pola Negri acting like the world is ending every time she enters a roo...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Tony Lekain

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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for 1930s French melodramas and don't mind when the plot gets a little bit thin. If you’re looking for a tight thriller, you'll be bored to tears within twenty minutes. If you want to see Pola Negri acting like the world is ending every time she enters a room, well, step right up. The whole thing feels like it was filmed inside a velvet-lined box. It is claustrophobic and deeply, aggressively theatrical. You can practically smell the..."
Henry d'Erlanger, Max Maurey
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