Screen legends Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer "achieve the finest performances of their careers" (Newsweek), as they taste forbidden fruit under the seductive, blazing skies of the Sahara. Featuring a sumptuous score by composer Max Steiner ("Gone With the Wind"), this sweeping epic of passionate romance is "the most beautiful and atmospherically compelling picture ever made" (The Hollywood Reporter). After the death of her father, convent-educated Domini Enfilden (Dietrich) heads for the desert seeking peace. But instead of tranquility, the sultry beauty finds passion in the arms of Boris Androvsky (Boyer) ? secretly a Trappist monk who has broken his vows and lost his faith. Will Domini discover Boris' secret, and will his hidden past destroy their future happiness?.