Greta Garbo is fantastic in this film of a ill French courtesan in love with a younger man, played by the gorgeous Robert Taylor. Garbo tends towards her silent overacting at times, but in this she was beautiful and subtle and moving and just knocked my socks off. She got her onl...( read more)
Elizabeth Allan, Greta Garbo, Henry Daniell
Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005
Stats: 209 reviews
Flixster Reviews (209)
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January 25, 2008
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May 12, 2009
Choosing passion over money? Or could be that love can be blind, but you owe it to yourself! This noir flim is a drama of contrast--of the luxury and love, the glitter of the city in stark contrast of the wholesomeness of the country.
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July 24, 2008
A period melodrama from the late thirties. Well made, well acted, but you know... it's just not for me. honostly I was mostly surfing the web while I was watching this, which had more to do with my interest in reading Dark Knight reviews than my disinterest in the movie. It did g...( read more)
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July 28, 2009
Pretty good coming-alive of the novel, though I wish there had been a scene between Armand and his father...
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March 17, 2009
Garbo radiates! She does such a good job in this role that you feel everything she's feeling. It's almost like you are living the experiences through her. Robert Taylor does a great job as a young, tender man who falls in love with Garbo's Parisian Courtesan. A beautiful roma...( read more)
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January 11, 2009
Good film, excelent Greta Garbo's performance, so pure love and tragic ending, perfect resamblance....
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November 1, 2008
Marguerite receives money from gentlemen admirers and lives an avaricious life of self-indulgence, frivolity, and extravagance. When she falls in love with a penniless handsome youth, she feels that she does not deserve him because of her character so she reluctantly breaks his h...( read more)
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