The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she sneaks across the street to model for Richard, a sculptor with whom she falls in love. A patron of Richard's, Baron von Merzbach, develops an interest in Lily that may not be with the best of intentions.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Leo BirinskiScreenplay
- Samuel HoffensteinScreenplay
- Rouben MamoulianDirector
- Edwin Justus MayerWriter
- Rouben MamoulianWriter
- Benjamin GlazerWriter
Cast
- Marlene DietrichLily Czepanek
- Brian AherneRichard Waldow
- Lionel AtwillBaron von Merzbach
- Alison SkipworthMme Rasmussen
- Hardie AlbrightVon Prell
- Helen FreemanFräulein Von Schwertfeger
- Max BarwynMatire D'
- Adrienne D'AmbricourtFrench Teacher
Stills
Themes
naivetylove trianglelovelustextramarital affairpre-codesculptornude modeling