A British playboy in Paris marries a dancer and convinces her to give up her career to move to a small cottage in the country. One night at a party given by her former manager, she is persuaded to perform one of the dances she was renowned for. That leads to a fight with her husband, who runs out of the party in the middle of a raging storm. Her subsequent search for him ends up placing her life in danger.
Direction
Curtiz already showing the dramatic shadows that would define his career.
Cinematography
The storm sequence — silent cinema proving it didn't need sound for spectacle.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Michael Curtiz's final European films before Warner Bros. snatched him up for Hollywood — you can already see the visual dynamism that would shape Casablanca.
Lili Damita's career trajectory mirrored her character's: a celebrated European star who largely abandoned performing after marriage, though hers was to Errol Flynn rather than some soggy viscount.
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