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Acting
Hayakawa's simmering restraint versus von Stroheim's theatrical menace.
Production
Macao as imagined by French studios—pure fabricated Orientalism.
Direction
Delannoy's transition from poetic realism to studio-bound tension.

Director
Jean Delannoy
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