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Georgan G A great Marlene Dietrich film during which she plays a spy based on Mata Hari. Her piano playing is shown as well as music writing abilities, which acts as a code. Heroine to the end, {SPOILER} she allows her captive to escape, dooming herself to the firing squad. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/15/23 Full Review Audience Member In the spy thriller, Dishonored, von Sternberg continued to push Dietrich's cold aloof qualities in tantalizing new ways. As the slippery Austrian spy X-27, she matches more than wits with a Russian colonel played by future John Ford favorite, Victor McLagen. Predating his Oscar win for 1936's The Informant, this is McLagen as a dashing leading man, many years before Ford played him up as a boorish second banana to John Wayne in his Cavalry trilogy. In Dishonored, however, he seems all too happy to fall in line as second banana to rapidly rising star Marlene Dietrich. Dishonored is a decently indecent spy thriller, and an even better Dietrich/von Sternberg entry. Still early in their ongoing collaboration, there's room for improvement, yes. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review david f I like the Dietrich/Von Sternberg movies but this one was probably the weakest because the spy story is just kind of weird. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Marred by a bad story, Marlene and von Sternberg nevertheless deliver visually intoxicating scenes and electric sexuality. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A spy movie that's ahead of its time with Dietrich on fine form as always Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Dietrich is good, though it's not one of her very best films. Von Sternberg's direction is astute and there are some mesmerising displays of his masterful direction. Where this film falls short is to immortalise the screen goddess. Blue Angel and Scarlett Empress are pretty hard to top. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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