United Artists
Directed by Jacques Feyder
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, Samuel Goldwyn)
(Turner Classic Movies)
Robert Donat is a British spy in Russia. He is captured during the days leading up to WWI and sent to Siberia. After the war, he saves princess Marlene Dietrich from revolutionaries. They go on the run disguised as peasants and naturally fall in love. A talky drama that paints in broad strokes, covering too much history via too many characters. Still, it does have its moments, such as nicely photographed scenes of trains overloaded with refugees. Marlene gets a classic line filled with sexual innuendo after bathing in the great outdoors when she says to Donat: "Do you like my forest?" His reply? "I adore it".
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