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Forbidden Paradise

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Catherine (Pola Negri), the czarina of a European nation, is about to be captured by rebels when suave military officer Capt. Alexei Czerny (Rod La Rocque) swoops in to save her. Catherine returns the favor with a bedroom rendezvous, and Alexei subsequently becomes bewitched by her beauty. He ditches his lover, Anna (Pauline Starke), to be with the czarina, only to find out that she entertains countless other beaus. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals.

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Negri's in sly, understated form here as a modern-day Catherine the Great... Dec 2, 2022 Full Review Iris Barry The Spectator Too often the cinema presents us with a picture of attractive moral laxity, and tags a text at the end. There is no text to Forbidden Paradise, nor was any necessary, for the laxity it shows is not attractive, though depicted with fine wit. Jul 2, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Pola Negri

Catherine

Rod La Rocque

Capt. Alexei Czerny

Adolphe Menjou

Chancellor

Pauline Starke

Anna

Fred Malatesta

French ambassador
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Synopsis Catherine (Pola Negri), the czarina of a European nation, is about to be captured by rebels when suave military officer Capt. Alexei Czerny (Rod La Rocque) swoops in to save her. Catherine returns the favor with a bedroom rendezvous, and Alexei subsequently becomes bewitched by her beauty. He ditches his lover, Anna (Pauline Starke), to be with the czarina, only to find out that she entertains countless other beaus. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenwriter
Agnes Christine Johnston, Hanns Kräly
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 1924, Wide
Runtime
1h 20m