I'm a Donat and Dietrich fan and also a history buff so I wanted to see this film when it aired on Turner Classic Movies (USA). I picked it to watch with my wife thinking it had some emotional impact and not just action. I won't totally pan this effort but for a contemporary audience this is not one of the better romantic chase films around. The problem is that as an American I don't have a high regard for Aristocracy or Communism, so it's hard to bond with these characters. Add on to that, the hero's are caught switching over enemy lines more then once and it starts to be a dizzying mess. I liked the palace scenes when the revolution took over and also seeing the White Russians which I don't think many Americans know about. At the end the train they are leaving on is an American Red Cross train. I liked the film from a history buff standpoint because I read a book about American troops in Russia fighting with the White Russians at places like Archangel, so I was interested in watching that. I'm not sure my wife was all that into it after the first couple of escapes as we started talking about other topics and just had the movie playing in the background. There was at least once where I thought the movie was over only to see it continue, lol. I'll give it a 6 of 10 by contemporary standards. I'm sure it was highly regarded back in the 30's but it's story line is so obscure and lets face it, who really cares about the fate of Russian aristocrat's? Not me. A better Donat escapist date movie (to me) is The Adventures Of Tartu, the lines are clearly drawn between good and evil and the plot is easy to follow, plus it's exciting!