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Ｆ・ベーデキントの同名戯曲の映画化で、ハリウッドからドイツに渡ったＬ・ブルックスに、その役名から“ルル”の愛称を与えた、官能的なメロドラマである。 場末の踊り子であるルルは養父シゴルヒの手練で新聞社社主のシェーン博士の愛人となり、一流の劇場に出るようになり、別れ話を切り出す彼を逆に手玉にとり、結婚を承諾させる。彼には年ごろの息子で秘書のアルヴァがいたが、ルルは親子の仲を引き裂くのを楽しむかのように息子をも誘惑する。彼女の激しい男出入りに更にその決定的事実を知ったシェーンは、ルルを殺して自分も死ぬ－－と迫るが、もみ合った末、彼女に撃たれる。しかし、一旦は捕らわれた彼女は養父やアルヴァの手引きで裁判中に逃亡を図り、愛人の力業師ロドリゴの紹介で港町の賭博船で享楽のうちに過ごすが、ロドリゴが売った彼女を求める持ち主との間で争いが起こり、ルルに養父、アルヴァの三人はロンドンに密入国する。スラムでの極貧生活にルルは夜の女となる決意をし、部屋に男を入れ、その間、男二人は表で過ごす。その優男が、評判の切り裂きジャックだとは知らず……。
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Louise Brooks is Peter Pan-esque in this stylishly depicted story of "Lulu". She is beautiful and sexy, and she uses her gifts to effortlessly ensnare the wealthy "Dr. Schön" (Fritz Kortner). When it comes to marriage, however, she is tainted goods and so he becomes affianced to the more suitable "Charlotte" (Daisy D'Ora). He's still the jealous type, though, and is determined she will love no other. To that end he facilitates her joining the theatrical show of his adult son "Alwa" (Francis Lederer), who is none to immune to her charms either! Predictably, this plan only serves to throw oil on the fire and soon the now completely compromised, but smitten, doctor must make a decision he is loathe to - with tragic consequences ensuing for him, and for "Lulu". The performances ooze charisma and personality, the light and shade cleverly create atmospheres of passion, frustration and even some menace as the woman and her life rise and and fall before us. Carl Goetz is quite effective as "Schigolch" - one of her previous examples of collateral damage - as is Krafft-Raschig as the muscle-bound "Quast". By any modern day standard, this is a soap - a very good, well photographed and charming soap - but a soap nonetheless and it stretches the bounds of serendipity and plausibility just once too often for my liking. That said, Brooks turns her hand to just about everything here and is superb - and I did rather enjoy this.
