The Painted Veil
1934 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. Lonely Katrin has an affair with Jack Townsend of the British Embassy. When it is discovered by Walter he becomes very bitter. Fane travels to fight a cholera epidemic and Katrin goes with him and helps. They grow closer together than ever before but Walter is knifed in a riot incited by the burning of a cholera infested town. Now their new found happiness will depend on Walter's survival.
Direction Richard Boleslawski
Cast Greta Garbo · Herbert Marshall · George Brent · Warner Oland · Jean Hersholt · Bodil Rosing · Katharine Alexander · Cecilia Parker · Soo Yong · Forrester Harvey
Soundtrack Herbert Stothart
Screenplay John Meehan · Salka Viertel · Edith Fitzgerald · William Somerset Maugham
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Original title The Painted Veil
6.6
320 votes (FilmAffinity)
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