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Shanghai Express
SummaryA notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.

Shanghai Express

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Chicago Tribune
Great Hollywood kitsch, supremely visualized by Von Sternberg and cinematographer Lee Garmes. [07 Nov 2003, p.C6]
100
TV Guide Magazine
A mystical and exotic story of love and destruction, a film for which both star and director became legends.
80
Orlando Sentinel
Style always outweighed substance in the atmospheric films of Josef von Sternberg, and this 1932 feature is no exception. [26 Nov 1993, p.32]
80
Empire
Intriguing and visually atmospheric melodrama with Dietrich doing her sultry thing.
80
The New York Times
It is by all odds the best picture Josef von Sternberg has directed.
70
Variety
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.
70
Time Out
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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Jan 17, 2025
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BigP4pa
La película, a nivel estético, es increíble. Conocer la variopinta ciudad de Shanghái, ver la variedad de personas que existen, tanto nacionales como extranjeras, esto sumado a que estaban inmersos en una guerra civil, hace que la premisa sea interesante y que quieras conocer más. El problema para mí radica en la profundidad del mensaje. Es decir, la película trata varios temas, pero en ninguno se desarrolla con mayor amplitud. Tal vez el tópico más importante es el relacionado con nuestras ideas preconcebidas de las personas y cómo esto hace que no podamos relacionarnos con las mismas en un ambiente de cordialidad. Estas actitudes se ven especialmente en personas que tienen una cierta superioridad moral. Cuando una opción más sensata sería que, a mayor conocimiento moral, más abierto estoy a comprender las actitudes de las personas. Pero pasa al contrario: yo lo llamaría clasismo moral. Sin embargo, este mensaje se ve opacado debido a la premisa de la película, la cual es un tema poco visto por supuesto, y es el romance de una pareja. Algo decepcionado.
Jul 31, 2025
1
Archvile-UT
Банальная мелодрама, какие Голливуд в те годы штамповал десятками. Само запомнилось, как китайские коровы и куры так нагло стоят на пути поезда, даже на него не реагируя! А, ещё Марлен Дитрих в дебильных нарядах с перьями.
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  • Paramount Pictures
Feb 12, 1932
1 h 22 m
TV-14
Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return !
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Photoplay Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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