Marlene Dietrich
1) Marlene
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English
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A fascinating self-portrait of one of the greatest entertainers of Hollywood's golden age
Film star. Cabaret sensation. Recording artist. Writer. Marlene Dietrich was nothing short of enchanting-and remains so as she chronicles her fabulous rise to stardom in Marlene. From her early career in Germany as a chorus girl to her breakout role as Lola in The Blue Angel to her courageous wartime tours, Dietrich recounts a life that captivates on the page...
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A collection of the icon's surprising and heartfelt thoughts on topics A-to-Z, plus recipes and photos, a wonderfully addictive scrapbook for fans.
From the wonderfully varied and witty mind of Marlene Dietrich comes an alphabetized collection of her most zany, honest, and heartfelt thoughts. Offering her take on a range of ideas, people, and items, Marlene Dietrich's ABC is an unprecedented glimpse into one of history's brightest and most enigmatic...
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Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned from the silent film era of the 1920s to the 1980s. Noted for her glamorous persona and exotic looks, Dietrich became one of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses. Dietrich, who sided with the allies, was known for her humanitarian efforts during World War II, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support...
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Français
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A provincial builder (Jean Gabin) falls in love with an alluring shopgirl (Marlene Dietrich), oblivious to her crowded romantic past. As the melodrama heats up, Gabin and Dietrich radiate pure matinee charisma, in the only movie these two icons (and real-life lovers!) ever made together.
5) Marlene
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Kino International
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
Deutsch
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Using hours of audio-only taped interviews, learn about this normally reclusive star, from her childhood to her marriage, collaborators, life, death, and the Holocaust.
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Icarus Films
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Français
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The tragic postwar romance is a tale of class anxiety and classic Romantic fatalism, run through with a typically French frankness about sex and gender. Jean Gabin is the title character, an unpretentious and proudly working-class building contractor, who falls in love with a ravishing shopgirl Blanche, quite unaware that she comes trailing a notorious sexual history and attracts the determined ardor of every man she meets. Among her current lovers...
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
8) Stage fright
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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A woman disguises herself as a maid in order to clear her friend who's been accused of murdering his mistress's husband.
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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It's 1948 and a group of high-level Nazis are on trial for war crimes. Chief Justice Tracy must resist political pressures as he presides over the trials. Includes featurettes Tribute to Stanley Kramer and In Conversation Schell & Mann; and much more.
17) The Blue angel
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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One of the early sound masterpieces of German cinema, this film made Marlene Dietrich an international star and helped assure director Joseph von Sternberg a place in cinematic history. The story is a gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer.
18) Touch of evil
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
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English
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An elaborate mystery involving a corrupt police official in a squalid town on the Mexican border and a murder that ensnares a narcotics agent and his wife.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Destry, a mild-mannered deputy who doesn't like guns, is called to restore order to the hopelessly corrupt frontier town of Bottleneck; A frontiersman attempts to track down his father's killer and a Winchester '73 rifle, as it moves through the hands of a diverse group of characters; a former outlaw attempts to lead a group of settlers through the treacherous Oregon wilderness; a loner and his sidekick figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of...