Made just after the war, it took a couple of years to get to the US and then had to have more than 20 minutes cut in order to get past the Catholic Legion of Decency, who objected strenuously to the casual way in which prostitution was depicted. Dietrich and Gabin had been great friends
in Hollywood when he went there after France fell, and this pairing was thought to be box office dynamite but it turned out to be a dud. Gabin, a construction engineer, is hired to build a home for Dietrich in a small town. She has spent many years in Austria, where she found the men dull, and so
when she meets the handsome Gabin, she is more than passingly interested. As the work c...
Released:
1946
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins