I am sure most readers here have already heard of the character of "Anna Boleyn" and this film here is early German filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch's take on her story. This is a silent black-and-white film and was made before Lubitsch's (and Kräly's" breakthrough in Hollywood. Unfortunately, I was not too impressed watching this one. In the current DVD version, it runs for a couple seconds under 2 hours, which is really long and painful to watch almost, especially for a silent film. Apart from that, the film needed definitely a lot more intertitles. I personally thought from a visual perspective this was a decent film, but the lack of color of course hurts in the way we perceive the pompous sets, art direction and costumes. All in all, I personally definitely enjoy Lubitsch's comedies when it comes to his earlier works and not even the presence of Emil Jannings could make this one worth watching for me. I do not recommend it. Thumbs down
Review of Deception
