Film told in flashbacks of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone. The backdrop is Sternberg�s surreal and fantastic Carnaval in Spain. In a caf� the older man details his encounters with the heart breaker that his younger friend has only just met at the parade. Forewarned, the young man swears he will avoid the fate of his friend, but rushes all the same to his evening rendezvous. A dreamlike story of frustrated, lost romance, spoken in the past tense, never really resolved.

Starring:

Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Charles Sellon, Don Alvarado, Donald Reed, Eddie Borden, Edward Everett Horton, Edwin Maxwell, Francisco Moreno, Hank Mann, Henry Roquemore, Jill Dennett, John George, Lawrence Grant, Lionel Atwill, Marlene Dietrich, Max Barwyn, Morgan Wallace, Stanley Price, Tempe Pigott

Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Romance