Dangers of the Engagement

Dangers of the Engagement is a wonderful experience. After all, who could resist another meeting of Marlene Dietrich's favorite dream couple and Willi Forst? Two years after Cafe Electric, we were able to see them for the second time and it was wonderful. A humorous introduction on the train with the help of a sparkling drink inspired the first night spent together in all honesty... although, can warming her divine feet be considered permissible when we learn in a moment that she is not quite as innocent as she first appeared? At the time of the meeting, she was already his father's fiancée! Which is a problem. So, the situation thus portrayed naturally leads to the dramatic climax par excellence in the ultimate Weimar melodrama. That's all I can say. This compelling film from the late silent era arrived in movie theaters just two months before the premiere of The Blue Angel, and the subsequent American career, unfortunately, suppressed most memories of Marlene's films from the 1920s, which is an eternal shame (affecting the difficulty of finding these films even today). (11.01.2019)