Jon Mirsalis on Piano (Die Frau, nach der Man sich sehnt). "Marlene Dietrich (is) the mysterious vision on a train whom a newly married husband falls for, to find himself in a web of murder and intrigue. Backed by the great German studio craftsmanship of the period-resplendent settings, a camera which continually glides, especially in the riotous and erotic party sequence...." (John Gillett, NFT). "One of the major surprises of this film is how svelte and alluring Dietrich appears just three films before her plump cabaret singer in The Blue Angel. Another is what a glossy Hollywood look it all has, a foreshadowing of Bernhardt's later work at Warner Brothers. Dietrich is most effective (though seemingly not personally convinced of her own sensuality) in her first man-destroying vamp role, and poor Fritz Kortner dishes out and receives the same kind of mental torment that was his lot in his association with Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box" (William K. Everson).