The Saint and Her Fool

Agnes Günthers heartrending fairy tale dazzled turnofthecentury German audiences and sold hundreds of thousands of copies before being adapted into this tale of timeless passion the beautiful The Saint and the Fool The unapologetically sentimental classic was directed by Wilhelm Dieterle who launched a successful career in Weimar cinema before becoming known for romantic lush melodramas and technicolor extravaganzas including 1945s Marlene Dietrich unforgettable Love Letters The dashing Dieterle himself plays Harrogate Earl of Torstein whose starcrossed love for the luminous Rosemarie of Brauneck Lien Deyers discovered by Fritz Lang is further doomed by royal heroes and villains the requisite evil stepmother and fantastical elements that channel the intoxicating romance of Camille through the magic of the Brothers Grimm