Josef von Sternberg's starry-eyed historical hallucination -- a montage of virgins, a royal wedding set amid gargoyles and two-million soft-focus candles -- on the subject of Catherine the Great (Marlene Dietrich) and Peter the Loon (Sam Jaffe), the latter a Harpo Marx mischief maker who roams through his palace with flesh-and-blood toy soldiers in tow. (1934) — Duncan Shepherd
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