Morocco (1930)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Josef von Sternberg

Escritores:

Benno Vigny (play)
Jules Furthman (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 diciembre 1930 (USA)

Género:

Romance | Drama

Plot:

The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Foreign Legion | Romantic Rivalry | Army | Topless

Premios:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

You'll fall for her...

Reparto

Gary Cooper	...	Légionnaire Tom Brown
Marlene Dietrich	...	Mademoiselle Amy Jolly
Adolphe Menjou	...	Monsieur La Bessiere
Ullrich Haupt	...	Adjutant Caesar
Eve Southern	...	Madame Caesar
Francis McDonald	...	A Sergeant
Paul Porcasi	...	Lo Tinto, Nightclub Owner

También conocida como:

Amy Jolly (USA) (working title)
Marruecos (Spain) [es]

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés | Español

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.20 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:18 | Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Guadalupe Sand Dunes, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

Lux Radio Theatre version, retitled "The Legionnaire and the Lady", starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable aired 1 June 1936.

Citas:

Tom Brown: I'd sit down if I were you.
Amy Jolly: You are pretty brave... with women.

Conexiones de Película:

Spoofed in Love-Tails of Morocco (1931)

Banda de Sonido:

Quand l'amour meurt

You'll fall for her...

Either if you're a man or a woman, you'll fall for Amy Jolly, that would be read 'amie jollie' = beautiful friend, in French speaking Morocco. Marlene Dietrich not exactly at her best, but very sexy, playing gracefully from a man-eater 'Carmen' (plenty of suggestions linking both characters) to a female sutler, following 'her man' into the desert. First, on high heels shoes, than taking her shoes off, and going on naked feet, along with a handful of native women, and donkeys, and she-goats. One tends to forget the great director (von Sternberg) behind this great woman-star, and that's unjust. The script may have been good, but it would not develop onto this smooth running 90 minutes of relative inaction (for 21st century standards), but for the cleverly devised sequences, photography, and dialogues.

I'm so glad I finally saw this movie yesterday on the big screen, at a special session. Those who can't afford this luxury, certainly can afford renting, nay, buying this video?