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Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in formal period costume stand together in an elegant room in a scene from the 1931 film Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg.
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Dishonored

film by Sternberg [1931]
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Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in formal period costume stand together in an elegant room in a scene from the 1931 film Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg.
Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in Dishonored (1931), directed by Josef von Sternberg.

The film Dishonored, released in 1931, was directed by Josef von Sternberg and starred Marlene Dietrich. The movie is a World War I spy romance where Dietrich plays an Austrian spy known as X-27. The plot involves her falling for a Russian spy, Colonel Kranau, portrayed by Victor McLaglen. However, the film is described as having a hackneyed premise and a lack of chemistry between the leads, with McLaglen being miscast. Despite its critical reception, it is part of the series of films von Sternberg made with Dietrich, who was a major film star known for her sophisticated and glamorous persona.12

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