Film · Adventure, Fantasy

Queen of Atlantis (1932)

Two young officers, Saint-Avit and Morhange, get lost in the desert and find themselves prisoners of the beautiful Antinéa, queen of the city of Atlantis. Saint-Avit, blinded by his love for her, obeys her when she orders him to kill his comrade... With L’Atlantide, Pabst offers a psychoanalytic reading of Benoit’s novel, with a dominant female figure who enslaves her lovers before destroying them. The film’s fantasy dimension is disturbing, L’Atlantide bathes in a humid nightmare atmosphere, between the desperate search for a missing friend and the apparitions of an underworld lost in the desert. A long, discursive flashback suggests the Parisian origins of Antinéa, born from the marriage between Clémentine, a pretty, light-thighed French Cancan dancer, and an Arab prince seduced during a theatrical performance. But again, it's impossible to know whether these are the ramblings of an old alcoholic or the strange truth.

Director

G.W. Pabst

Writers

Ladislaus Vajda, Pierre Benoît, Hermann Oberländer

Country

Germany

Language

German

Release date

June 28, 1932

Original title

Die Herrin von Atlantis

Queen of Atlantis was released on June 28, 1932. Where to watch in United States: Amazon Video (rent or buy).

Last updated: November 5, 2026