Well, the author who wrote the book that this movie was based, Vicky Baum, wrote silly stories of decadent Berlin Weimar. Weimar Germany was very corrupt and decadent [funny, just like today's Europe and USA]. And people there lived without any good purpose, except act like jerks and stupid. Of course the Nazis burned her books[careful, I am well knowledgeable of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler] alongside other authors. Much I hate Nazis, and I do, I can understand what led to Hitler coming to power, establishing his dictadorship and led Germany to its own catastrophic destruction in 1945 with the war he created. If you let corruption and decadence flourish, don't complain what happens next. And I see the same conditions today. Now you see why so many in imbd.com forum hates my guts? I don't blame them. I tell it like it is. HA! And I still hate the movie.
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13 years ago
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jsrrtzjr10
13 years ago
All right, then. Let's view this picture as a "romance". But then I hate "romance" fiction, whether is a novel or a picture. And you are also an idiot if you don't understand what was going on in Weimar's Berlin. HA HA!
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westsalemcongress
13 years ago
Boy, you sure do despise decadence don't you? I'm a little fuzzy on how this film is a prime example of how decadent Weimar-era Germany was. This film doesn't show any more decadence than other American films released around this time especially when compared to gangster movies that were becoming increasingly popular like Public Enemy, Scarface, and Little Caesar. Also, there is nothing in the film that is particular to Berlin. The film could very much have been set anywhere.
To see some real decadence captured on film, you should try the Pier Paolo Pasolini film Salo based on the Marquis de Sade's 120 Days Of Sodom. That movie will really make you flip your lid.
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jsrrtzjr10
13 years ago
Seen the wacko Passolini stuff. Gruesome. I rather read history.
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dotdashdash
8 years ago
Maybe you should indeed do that, rather than regard an American film of 1932, shot in America but set in Berlin, as a documentary about Weimar politics and WW2, and post that garbled nonsense on an internet message board.
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yajji
8 years ago
Yes, quite often I find myself watching a dramatic film, and suddenly think, 'HANG ON, THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY!' and later post my confused, pointlessly provocative antagonisms on the internet. Well, it's something to do, isn't it?
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