If you loved Shanghaï Express, try L'Impératrice rouge
Un pont entre un film que tu as déjà vu et un que peu de gens ont croisé. Voici ce qu'ils partagent, et ce que le second fait que le premier ne fait pas.
Ce qu'ils partagent
Both films are directed by Josef von Sternberg, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Shanghaï Express, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What L'Impératrice rouge 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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