UFA (Germany)
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Pola Negri and her mountain bandit friends tangle with the military at a remote fortress. She falls in love with a newly arrived war hero, but he is promised to the daughter of the outrageous camp commander. Pola doesn't give him up easily, until she finds her true love literally crying his eyes out back in the mountains. Lubitsch has created a visually inventive film, with unusual framing and exaggerated sets and characters in the German Expressionist style. However, plot and character development are almost non-existent, making this at times very silly film a chore to watch.
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