The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
- Directed by
- George Fitzmaurice
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A pair of spies from opposing sides cross paths while pursuing a set of candlesticks that contain secret papers. Their mission takes them across Europe and they end up falling in love.
romanticsuspensefuladventurousdramatichistoricalplayfulswashbucklingwhimsical
What happens
The Emperor's Candlesticks is a 1937 American historical drama film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer and directed by George Fitzmaurice. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The story follows the adventures of spies from opposing sides who fall in love while following the eponymous candlesticks—and the papers hidden inside them—all over turn-of-the-20th-century Europe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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