Directed by:
Edmund GouldingCinematography:
William H. DanielsComposer:
Charles MaxwellCast:
Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, Purnell Pratt, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Rafaela Ottiano (more)VOD (1)
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At a luxurious Berlin hotel between the wars, the once-wealthy Baron Felix von Gaigern (John Barrymore) supports himself as a thief and gambler. In this lavish adaptation of the successful Broadway play, the baron romances one of his marks, the aging ballerina Grusinskaya (Greta Garbo), and teams with dying accountant Otto Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore) against his former boss, crooked industrialist Preysing (Wallace Beery), and his ambitious stenographer, Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford). (Warner Bros. AU)
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Even though the film is almost two hours long, it doesn't bore; it just occasionally surprises with how almost theatrically powerful the performances are, but that can be easily endured with Greta Garbo and John Barrymore in the lead. They are indeed otherwise excellent, and even though the film is presented as a drama, it's a pleasant drama in which these actors charm.
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