"La belle princesse Sophia Frederica (Marlene Dietrich) est emmenée en Russie et, sous le nom de Catherine, est mariée au grand-duc Pierre. Pierre est un "imbécile de la royauté" avec tout l'attrait physique (et intellectuel) d'un flétan. Heureusement, avant même son mariage, Sophia-Catherine était déjà tombée sous le charme du bel émissaire, le comte Alexei, le premier de ses nombreuses conquêtes portant l'uniforme. Difficile de fa ..."
"One of the most sophisticated films in the Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich canon, The Devil Is a Woman is an alluring romance about a cold-hearted temptress who destroys the lives of two best friends (Cesar Romero and Lionel Atwill) during the Spanish revolution. What do you expect? It's carnival week in the port town of Seville. Supposedly this film was Dietrich's personal favorite because of the way it captured her beauty. Intere ..."
De Vienne à Shangai Les Tribulations d'un cinéaste by JosefVonSternberg Poche, 383 Pages, Published 2001 by Cahiers Du Cinéma ISBN-13: 978-2-86642-325-4, ISBN: 2-86642-325-9
"For director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich it all began with The Blue Angel, one of the masterpieces of Germany's Weimar cinema. This landmark film thrust the sultry and unrestrained Dietrich on an unsuspecting international film audience. She plays the prototypical role of Lola, the singer who tempts repressed professor Emil Jannings (the king of expressionist actors) into complete submission night after night at the Blue An ..."
"The crowning achievement of the Weimar cinema, The Blue Angel is an exquisite parable of one man's fall from respectability, presented in both the newly-restored German and English-language versions. Emil Jannings, the quintessential German expressionist actor, stars as Professor Rath, the sexually-repressed instructor of a boys' prep school. After learning of the pupils' infatuation with French postcards depicting a local nightclub so ..."