With a definite Ernst Lubitsch feel, this romantic and sexy German silent should be much better known. Starring a devilishly handsome young Willy Fritsch as an impoverished soldier lusting after a forbidden love, a devastatingly beautiful Dita Parlo (famous from Grand Illusion, but here with long dark hair instead of blonde) as his sensible lady love, and a kittenish Lil Dagover, playing the bored wife of an aristocrat who comes between them, and directed by Hanns Schwartz, this film is highly recommended for all romantics.
The print I saw was pretty good, needed some tightening and tinting, which I gave it for my own DVD version. This is a UFA film, and most of these actors continued to work under UFA after Hitler came to power. Dita apparently however went on to become involved in an anti-Nazi group, so kudos goes to her.
The print I saw was pretty good, needed some tightening and tinting, which I gave it for my own DVD version. This is a UFA film, and most of these actors continued to work under UFA after Hitler came to power. Dita apparently however went on to become involved in an anti-Nazi group, so kudos goes to her.