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- 1936
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1936
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Summary An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.
Directed By: Frank Borzage
- 1936
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1936
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Desire
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Summary An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.
Directed By: Frank Borzage
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
86
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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One of the ultimate expressions of Paramount Studios chic, Desire remains one of its desirable star's finest films.
Desire represents Hollywood at its timeless, beloved best. A stunning blend of European and American sensibilities -- Marlene Dietrich and producer Ernst Lubitsch on the one hand, Gary Cooper and director Frank Borzage on the other -- it is the epitome of glittery escapist entertainment. Yet the emotional honesty at its core gives it a reality that is deeply involving. [12 May 1986, p.2]
When Dietrich sings the Friedrich Hollander/Leo Robin song “Awake In A Dream” to Cooper, her purring, off-key voice envelops us in a world of addictive movie fantasy, presided over by two very different masters locked in a tantalizing creative affair.
This is a polished light comedy in the "continental" style -- a sophisticated romantic trifle, with Dietrich more chic and modern than in her von Sternberg pictures.
The direction is subtle and inspired, with many smart little Lubitschian touches adding to the general appeal of the yarn [by Hans Szekely and R.A. Stemmle] and its plot.
You will not, in Desire, find a great story, but you will discover one that has been splendidly told. If it is a Lubitsch production, constantly highlighted by those indefinable touches of his, still one should not overlook the skill of its director, Frank Borzage; its excellent camera work, or the performances.
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