domini enfilren ( marlene dietrich ) have spend most of her life caring for her father . now that he have die she be free but doesn not know what she want . boris androvsky ( charles boyer ) be a monk who have flee a monastery to taste more of life . they meet accidentally in algiers and fall in love and get marry . but he can not leave his past behind and she can not live without him . way overdone romance full of hysterically bad dialogue and situation . dietrich and boyer do their best to give good performance but nobody could get away with some of their line . still and in a way and it be a classic . it shoot in gorgeous technicolor ( try to see it on dvd ) where every frame be breath takingly beautiful . dietrich be always dress to the 9 ( even in the middle of the desert ) and strikes hysterical pose to show off the clothes and her body . boyer just walk around look stricken ( no shock there ) . still i be never bore . it be wonderful to look at and the non stop stupid dialogue keep me in stitch . the end almost have me fall out of my chair because i be laugh so hard . now i love corny romance and give them plenty of space but really this be unbelievable . it also run a very short 80 minute . a a camp classic i give this an 8. a a serious movie a 1 .