Carnaval en España

Título original: The Devil Is a Woman

1935
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1h 19min

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Marlene Dietrich in Carnaval en España (1935)

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- 1 premio ganado y 1 nominación en total

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Marlene Dietrich

Concha Perez

Lionel Atwill

Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar

Edward Everett Horton

Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'

Alison Skipworth

Senora Perez

Cesar Romero

Antonio Galvan

Don Alvarado

Morenito

Tempe Pigott

Tuerta
(as Tempe Piggott)

Francisco Moreno

Alphonso
(as Paco Moreno)

Max Barwyn

Pablo
(sin créditos)

Eumenio Blanco

Minor Role
(sin créditos)

Eddie Borden

Reveler with Balloon
(sin créditos)

Jill Dennett

Maria
(sin créditos)

Luisa Espinel

Gypsy Dancer
(sin créditos)

John George

Street Beggar
(sin créditos)

Lawrence Grant

Duel Conductor
(sin créditos)

Hank Mann

Foreman on Snowbound Train
(sin créditos)

Edwin Maxwell

Tobacco Plant Manager
(sin créditos)

Kewpie Morgan

Coachman
(sin créditos)

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Trivia
The Spanish government threatened to bar all Paramount films from Spain and its territories unless the film was withdrawn from worldwide circulation. They protested the unfavorable portrayal of the Spanish police. Paramount destroyed the original print after its initial run, and it remained out of circulation until 1959. Marlene Dietrich herself kept a print of the film in a bank vault for safe keeping, as it was her favorite film. She feared the film would otherwise be lost. New prints were struck from her private copy in the 1980's for art house release. The superb quality of the prints in circulation now , and on DVD are because of this fact.

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Capt. Don Pasqual 'Pasqualito' Costelar: As the devil would have it, I was in town one day with nothing to do and joined some fool committee or other that was investigating labor conditions in a cigarette factory. I'd heard there were some pretty girls there.

Conexiones
Featured in Marlene (1984)

Bandas sonoras
Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Played during the opening credits and as background music often

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9/10

Devilishly good

The partnership of actress Marlene Dietrich and director Josef Von Sternberg was a justifiably famous one, and could even be seen as iconic (personally do consider it so). They did seven films together, starting with 1930's 'The Blue Angel' (perhaps the most historically significant) and ending with 1935's 'The Devil is a Woman', all of which ranging from good to outstanding (the weakest to me being 'Blonde Venus and that was still good).

Of which 'The Devil is a Woman' is one of their best, along with 'Shanghai Express' and 'The Scarlet Empress'. It does end on a bit of a curiously odd note and it's a tad over-stuffed in places. All that aside, 'The Devil is a Woman' to me was a great film with a huge amount to admire.

First and foremost, Dietrich. She was never more beautifully captured on film than in her collaborations with Sternberg and 'The Devil is a Woman' is not an exception. As with her previous films with him she looks luminous, not just lavishly made up and costumed but gorgeously photographed. As for her acting, once again she is fun to watch but also brings a vulnerability to her role which helps make the role a real character.

She is very well supported by Lionel Atwill, excelling in an atypical sympathetic leading role (more familiar with him as a supporting actor), and Cesar Romero's usual suave charm proves crucial in making the most of a character not quite as interesting as Dietrich's and Atwill's. Edward Everett Horton is hilarious. Sternberg's direction is as accomplished as ever.

Can always count on a Sternberg film to be visually beautiful, and 'The Devil is a Woman' does not disappoint. Not just the striking use of light and shadow lighting and the sumptuous settings and costuming but especially the cinematography, which is often enough to take the breath away. The music score is stirring yet not intrusive.

Scripting is sophisticated and humorous, and the story is compelling and actually has more depth than one would think. The erotic, sensual atmosphere intoxicates too.

In summary, a devilishly good film, what a film to go out on for Dietrich and Sternberg. 9/10 Bethany Cox