If you loved Shanghai Express, try L'imperatrice Caterina
Un ponte tra un film che hai già visto e uno che quasi nessuno ha incrociato. Questo è ciò che condividono, e ciò che il secondo fa che il primo non fa.
Cosa condividono
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 Shanghai Express, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What L'imperatrice Caterina 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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