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- 1932
- TV-14
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 22 m
- 1932
- TV-14
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 22 m
Summary A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
Directed By: Josef von Sternberg
Written By: Jules Furthman, Harry Hervey
- 1932
- TV-14
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 22 m
- 1932
- TV-14
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 22 m
Shanghai Express
5.7
Summary A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
Directed By: Josef von Sternberg
Written By: Jules Furthman, Harry Hervey
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
83
100% Positive
15 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Great Hollywood kitsch, supremely visualized by Von Sternberg and cinematographer Lee Garmes. [07 Nov 2003, p.C6]
A mystical and exotic story of love and destruction, a film for which both star and director became legends.
Style always outweighed substance in the atmospheric films of Josef von Sternberg, and this 1932 feature is no exception. [26 Nov 1993, p.32]
It is by all odds the best picture Josef von Sternberg has directed.
Josef von Sternberg, the director, has made this effort interesting through a definite command of the lens. As to plot structure and dialog, Shanghai Express runs much too close to old meller and serial themes to command real attention. The finished product is an example of what can be done with a personality and photogenic face such as Marlene Dietrich possesses to circumvent a trashy story.
Von Sternberg, who was forever looking for new kinds of stylisation, said that he intended everything in Shanghai Express to have the rhythm of a train. He clearly meant it: the bizarre stop-go cadences of the dialogue delivery are the most blatantly non-naturalistic element, but the overall design and dramatic pacing are equally extraordinary.
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