Directed by Jacques Feyder
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Flicker Alley)
Aspiring ballet dancer Gaby Morlay allows an ardent admirer to fall in love with her, despite already being in a relationship with an older, respected politician. Her new boyfriend is an electrician and head of the local labor union. He finds himself elected to Parliament quite by accident, and eventually appointed minister of labor. His first act? To get his girlfriend a job as lead dancer at the opera, of course. However, he struggles to balance his political career with his budding relationship, and the two are soon parted. Morlay is forced to choose between her two lovers, and her decision is somewhat surprising. The film makes its point all too fast, that politics corrupts, then spends the rest of its 2 hour plus running time on tedious romance and boring politics.
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