Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent

In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his med...( read more  read more... )ical research. Lonely Katrin has an affair with Jack Townsend of the British Embassy. When it is discovered by Walter he becomes very bitter. Fane travels to fight a cholera epidemic and Katrin goes with him and helps. They grow closer together than ever before but Walter is knifed in a riot incited by the burning of a cholera infested town. Now their new found happiness will depend on Walter's survival.

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Unrated, 85 min.

Directed by: Richard Boleslawski

Release Date: November 23, 1934

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  • December 3, 2009
    I watched the newer version with Edward Norton and Naomi Watts before I saw this one and I pretty sure I like the Newer one better...dont get me wrong this movie is very very well acted (especially by Garbo) but I just felt a better connection to the characters. Like Katrin...Gar...( read more)bo play her as whinny and I didnt actually feel bad for her while I did have that connection with Watts.
  • October 25, 2009
    Pretty good romantic drama, with Garbo putting in her regular wonderful performance as a woman trapped in a marriage with a man she doesn't love, and in love with another man who won't commit to her. Herbert Marshall and George Brent are not some of my favorites, but they held th...( read more)eir own here well, as the husband and the lover, respectively. I pretty much expected the ending, but that's OK. The film held my attention and kept me awake even at 1 in the morning, so that's saying something.
  • September 13, 2009
    Love the courage of Katrin, how she fight for her feeling and her decission to abandon the man that cheated her
  • August 23, 2009
    wew.....i wanna see it!!!
  • September 16, 2008
    I saw a more up to date version of this with Edward Norton....and although it was ok...I thought more would happen.
  • May 25, 2008
    If this is half as good as the version, this is definetly worth a shot ;)
  • February 22, 2008
    i saw the new version already
  • January 29, 2008
    This was a tuching movie!

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