marlene dietrich and charles boyer give solid performance in this beautiful but empty film . the irony be that dietrich play a woman with a beautiful but empty life . truly gorgeous cinematography and set and and yes dietrich bottomless trunk of clothes be also fabulous . she look great while boyer look young and trim . story of a woman seek meaning and an ex priest seek life seem pretty stale and but set against such unreal set and sky it somehow work and give the two star and the terrific score by max steiner and and a good supporting cast . the film run like 76 minute and seem badly edit and plus certain character just appear or disappear . joseph schildkraut be funny a the arab guide and c. aubrey smith be the old priest and lucile watson the mother superior and tilly losch the dancer and john carradine the diviner and and basil rathbone play . well i be not sure . he just rid in from the desert and spoil everything . a others have note and john gilbert be slat to star with dietrich . i can not help but think he would have be wonderful . the role of world weary boris would have suit the great gilbert quite well . and after the success of queen christina ( with garbo ) and his career might have get back on track . i can not think of any other 30 film dietrich do in color . she look great and wear some terrific clothes . my favorite be the valentino a the shiek like outfit she wear by the pool . certainly worth a look for the lush set and color and the two great star .