If you loved El expreso de Shanghai, try Capricho imperial
Un puente entre una película que ya has visto y una que casi nadie ha cruzado. Esto es lo que comparten, y lo que la segunda hace que la primera no hace.
Lo que comparten
Both films are directed by Josef von Sternberg, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to El expreso de Shanghai, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Capricho imperial is
Here's a film that knows its history only in the sense that it happened, allegedly. Catherine arrives in Russia to marry the goofy Grand Duke Peter. She finds herself in a loveless marriage, so Catherine takes lovers and plans a coup. It certainly gives you an idea of what things looked like, if not what they were.
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