A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power..
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white cinema that looks like it was shot inside a jewelry box, yes. Watch it. If you need your movies to have a coherent, logical pace or if you find 1930s acting a bit too much to handle, skip it. You will probably find it exhausting. Honestly, watching The Sca...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Josef von Sternberg
William Parke
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white cinema that looks like it was shot inside a jewelry box, yes. Watch it. If you need your movies to have a coherent, logical pace or if you find 1930s acting a bit too much to handle, skip it. You will probably find it exhausting. Honestly, watching The Scarlet Empress feels less like watching a movie and more like staring into a very expensive, very haunted snow globe. Marlene Dietrich is just everywhere. She occupies the frame with..."
Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGeary
United States
Drama, War, History
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