marlene dietrich be magnificent a concha perez and the temptress who drive all men to despair in josef von sternberg the devil be a woman . her performance have nothing to do with act in any conventional sense but she incandescent and a true star in full command of her material . but she the only good thing about the film and ( she so good she keep you watch this dross while i doubt if any other actress could have do the same ) . the story be an appallingly lame melodrama and ( surely pierre louys novel be good ) and in which dietrich amoral concha ruin the life of two friend play by lionel atwill and cesar romero with a stiffness border on petrification . and for von sternberg it an ugly look movie and ( maybe in keep with it fairly ugly subject matter ) . bunuel and on the other hand and think enough of it to remake it a that obscure object of desire with a great emphasis on the surrealist aspect of it all and down to cast two different actress in the same role . neither film be either director fine hour and while the bunuel version may be the good film and it be dietrich performance you remember .