The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

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Movie Info

Baron Stephan Wolensky (William Powell), a spy working against the Russian royalty, meets Countess Olga Mironova (Luise Rainer), a secret agent employed by the Czar. Wolensky and Mironova, initially unaware of each other's political ties, begin to fall in love. When both intelligence operatives attempt to send coded messages through hollowed-out candlesticks belonging to the nobility, they suddenly find their lives in danger and their passionate romance threatened by their contrasting beliefs.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

George Fitzmaurice
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast & Crew

William Powell
Baron Stephan Wolensky

Luise Rainer
Countess Olga Mironova

Robert Young
Grand Duke Peter

Maureen O'Sullivan
Maria Orlich

Frank Morgan
Colonel Baron Suroff

Henry Stephenson
Prince Johann

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Critic Reviews for The Emperor's Candlesticks

All Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)

The story is excitingly paced and handsomely produced, and altogether worth seeing.

October 9, 2019 | Full Review…

Ann Ross
Maclean's Magazine
In Rainer's case, The Emperor's Candlesticks seems unusually revealing, doffing the dropcloth from exactly the sort of peculiar, temporarily arresting artifact she was, guaranteed to inspire buyer's remorse.

January 12, 2012 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…

Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

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Audience Reviews for The Emperor's Candlesticks

Mar 26, 2009

If William Powell is in a film his charm automatically gives the film 3 stars. Enjoyable film about two spy's on opposite sides who have both hidden secret messages in some antique candlesticks. Powell and Rainer are great together, he is the one who taught her film acting years before.The movie gets a little goofy at the end and it's not one of Powell's best. All and all it's enjoyable and looks nice.

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