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The Mysterious Lady

192889 minUnited States
RomanceDrama

Synopsis

An Austrian officer falls for a woman he meets at the opera, then learns that she is a Russian spy. When secret plans disappear during his journey to Berlin, suspicion costs him his rank and freedom. An undercover assignment offers a chance to clear his name, but also brings him back into contact with the woman he cannot easily trust.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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88:57
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Fred Niblo · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsFred Niblo

Inspirations

The film loosely adapts Ludwig Wolff's War in the Dark. Greta Garbo's character joins romantic attraction to uncertainty over political loyalty, placing the love story inside an espionage plot.

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