| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Won | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Emil Jannings Also for The Way of All Flesh (1927). Emil Jannings received his award early due to the fact that he was going home to Europe before the ceremony. |
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story Lajos Biró | |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
The great Emil Jannings is the Grand Duke of Russia. He falls in love with pretty revolutionary Evelyn Brent, half his age and bent on his destruction. However, after she realizes they both are driven by the same thing, a love for Russia, she falls in love with him as well. She saves him from a lynch mob during the revolution. Years later, he is an extra in Hollywood, working for dollars a day. He gets chosen for a part by a director, who recognizes him from Russia. It is none other than a revolutionary, only their positions of power are now reversed. Sternberg's attention to detail, and the clever script, are fascinating as always, but it drags a bit in the middle with the love story.
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