Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
1931
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Genre
War
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Dishonoured Alternative
- X.27 Alternative
Introduction
Though the story of agent X-27 (Marlene Dietrich) is far-fetched, Josef von Sternberg is clearly more interested in his heroine’s powerful sexual mystique, and constructs an innuendo-laden fable around that theme. Lee Garmes’ black and white camerawork is extraordinarily ornate.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Magda, X-27
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Lieutenant Kranau
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head of Austrian Secret Service
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Colonel von Hindau
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Colonel Kovrin
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young lieutenant
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[court martial officer]
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[General Dymov]
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[the manager]
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[contact at café]
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[accident victim]
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[Russian officer]
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[Russian corporal]
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[firing squad officer]
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[Russian officer]
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[officer]
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[.]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
Production:
Writing:
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Screen Play
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Story
Photography:
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Photography
Design:
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[Art Director]
Costumes:
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[Costumes]
Music:
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[Music]
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[Additional Music]
Sound:
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[Recording Engineer]
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