A good movie

To be honest, it did seem to be a rather obscure movie from the 20’s but, since it was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and since it was available on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it was impressive how much Lubitsch managed to do with such material which was after all really flimsy. Indeed, it was basically about the love life of the upper-class, something I usually find rather tedious but he always manages to make it compelling to behold. In fact, not so long ago, I also watched ‘So This is Paris’, I noticed that both movies actually had a similar plot and I’m not surprised that both movies were directed by Lubitsch. In this case, it was a rather simple romantic tale involving 2 couples and a 3rd guy and 2 love triangles and not really much more that but Lubitsch was so good at this stuff. I was intrigued by the fact that there was actually no real main character but I guess it was already the case with ‘So This is Paris’ and I think the character I enjoyed the most was Mizzi Stock. Maybe ‘enjoying’ was not the right word though as the way she acted with her husband, somehow, reminded me so much of my ex-wife (which is definitely not a compliment for a my ex-partner). By the way, Adolphe Menjou was pitch-perfect playing this character and I wish they gave him more to do in this movie. I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed when his character suddenly fell in love again with his wretched wife (and seriously, why exactly?) but, fortunately, it didn’t last for long. Concerning the Brauns, to be honest, they were less entertaining than the Stocks but the whole cast was fine though. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was nothing really ground-breaking, I thought it was a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Ernst Lubitsch’s work. 

7/10