“A veritable GRAND HOTEL on wheels… Even In Sternberg’s cinema, it is difficult to find any more lushly photographed film.”
—Andrew Sarris

“Irresistibly enjoyable. A triumphant fusion of sin, glamour, shamelessness, art, and, perhaps, a furtive sense of humor.”
—Pauline Kael

In this pre-code drama, Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong play a pair of “fallen women” on a refugee-laden train as it hurtles through civil-war-torn China. There is danger, romance, intrigue, and, as always, Dietrich and Wong are untouchably cool.