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Morocco

Morocco

Drama · Romance · 1930

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

Movie details

Morocco

“Who is this woman who scorns a hundred men...to give her love to a Devil-May-Care Soldier?”

1930 Drama · Romance 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Morocco?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Written by

Benno Vigny · Jules Furthman

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Légionnaire Tom Brown

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Monsieur La Bessiere

Ullrich Haupt

Ullrich Haupt

Adjudant Caesar

Eve Southern

Eve Southern

Madame Caesar

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

Sergeant Tatoche

Paul Porcasi

Paul Porcasi

Lo Tinto

Court is in session

Put Morocco on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.