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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 672

Morocco

193091 minUnited States
DramaRomance
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
91:37
Subtitles
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Wikimedia Commons · Josef von Sternberg · Public domain

Synopsis

A cabaret singer beginning again in Morocco meets a Foreign Legion soldier whose charm offers little promise of security. A wealthy admirer presents a very different future. Attraction, jealousy and the soldier's military obligations force her to weigh comfort against a relationship that neither lover seems able to make safe.

Cast

DirectorsJosef von Sternberg

Historical context

Marlene Dietrich's performance in evening tails, including a kiss with a woman in the nightclub audience, became one of the film's most discussed challenges to the gender conventions of its period.

Inspirations

The story derives from Benno Vigny's Amy Jolly and was adapted for the screen by Jules Furthman. It provided a new collaboration for Dietrich and Sternberg after their work on The Blue Angel.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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