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In Josef von Sternberg’s atmospheric spin on the espionage thriller, Marlene Dietrich further develops her shrewd star persona in the role of a widow turned streetwalker who is recruited to spy for Austria during World War I. Adopting the codename X-27, Dietrich’s wily heroine devotes her gifts for seduction and duplicity—as well as her musical talents—to the patriotic cause, until she finds a worthy adversary in a roguish Russian colonel (Victor McLaglen), who draws her into a fatal game of cat and mouse and tests the strength of her loyalties. Reimagining his native Vienna with customary extravagance, von Sternberg stages this story of spycraft as a captivating masquerade in which no one is who they seem and death is only a wrong note away.
Original Release
04/04/1931
US Release
04/04/1931
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Marlene Dietrich | X27 / Marie Kolverer / Magda |
Victor McLaglen | Colonel Kranau |
Gustav von Seyffertitz | Austrian Secret Service Chief |
Warner Oland | Colonel von Hindau |
Lew Cody | Colonel Kovrin |
Barry Norton | Young Lieutenant - Firing Squad |
Max Barwyn | Colonel Kranau's Aide |
B.F. Blinn | Gambler with Glasses |
Allan Cavan | Secret Service Agent in Casino |
Davison Clark | Court-Martial Officer |
Directors
Writers
Daniel Nathan Rubin, Josef von Sternberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Marlene Dietrich | X27 / Marie Kolverer / Magda |
Victor McLaglen | Colonel Kranau |
Gustav von Seyffertitz | Austrian Secret Service Chief |
Warner Oland | Colonel von Hindau |
Lew Cody | Colonel Kovrin |
Barry Norton | Young Lieutenant - Firing Squad |
Max Barwyn | Colonel Kranau's Aide |
B.F. Blinn | Gambler with Glasses |
Allan Cavan | Secret Service Agent in Casino |
Davison Clark | Court-Martial Officer |
Alexis Davidoff | Officer |
William B. Davidson | 2nd Firing Squad Officer |
Walter Downing | Old Officer |
Geraldine Dvorak | Casino Patron |
Adolph Faylauer | Gambler |
Joseph W. Girard | Russian Officer |
Al Hart | Monk |
George Irving | Contact at Cafe |
Ethan Laidlaw | Russian Corporal |
Tom London | Minor Role |