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By Stella D (433) on 30 Aug 2011

Wow. Makes Baz Luhrman's mediocrities look and feel like they'd been supervised by an incompetent Robert Bresson…

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By Dallas D (10) on 21 Oct 2010

NOT Sternberg's best but a great film from a great director. Definitely a must see for any 'Pre-Code Era' enthusiast…

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By Aj V (1,538) on 21 Sep 2010

This was a good historical drama, I didn't know much about Catherine before, but this movie didn't tell me everything I wanted to know…

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By Jochen W (210) on 31 Aug 2010

TatsÃ¤chlich mein erster Sternberg: beeindruckt, wie sehr dieser seiner Zeit voraus war…

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By Michael D (2,363) on 19 Mar 2010

A visually dynamic film with sternbergs use of gothic set, oddly proportioned statues of grotesque men lining the walls and expressionist lighting…

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By Ben W (988) on 19 Mar 2010

A visually dynamic film with sternbergs use of gothic set, oddly proportioned statues of grotesque men lining the walls and expressionist lighting…

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By James H (4,675) on 14 Mar 2010

85/100. A rather unusual film, director Josef von Sternberg's stylish and offbeat direction certainly makes this an interesting movie…

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By Anthony D (454) on 12 Mar 2010

All the mutually-mated and mutated blue blood of the courts of Europe must have curdled into a brain-stunting stew long before 1760, so its…

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By David S (4,459) on 19 Jan 2010

A film I've wanted to see for ages and, while it was worth seeing, didn't quite hold up to my expectations…

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By Bernard A (80) on 26 Aug 2009

There is no longer an emperor, only an empress. Marlene forever…

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By Alanjohn J (4) on 15 Aug 2009

Garish and over-the-top, but so much fun…

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By Yuki A (26) on 10 Jul 2009

I have never really quite seen a movie as sumptuous as this before…

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By Jess L (793) on 10 Jun 2009

This is a beautifully filmed movie and is so bizarre at times you have to wonder how an audience in 1934 would have taken it…

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By Madeline M (234) on 21 May 2009

The movie was visually stunning…

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By Laura N (265) on 21 May 2009

The movie was visually stunning…

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By Jason R (1,823) on 18 May 2009

I must be wrong about this film. I think my expectations were all out of sorts going into it…

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By .Lazy.bones. . (28) on 04 May 2009

A feast for the eyes whit all that decadence plus the grotesque and surreal sets…

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By Robben M (28) on 07 Mar 2009

What a wonderful film! It's quite ridiculous,fun, dramatic and crazily elating all at the same time…

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By David M (3,086) on 07 Mar 2009

What a wonderful film! It's quite ridiculous,fun, dramatic and crazily elating all at the same time…

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By C.j. S (218) on 14 Feb 2009

Josef von Sternmberg's phantasmical telling of the story of Catherine the Great seeps with the disturbing beauty of a delirium…

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