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Bookmark this pageMarlene (1999)
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
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From Time Out Film Guide
How to conjure up a diva's fascination when it's embedded in her roles. Any portrait of Marlene Dietrich is bound to fall short of the phenomenon that arises in our heads when we put together Morocco, Touch of Evil, Destry Rides Again, etc. But it need not fall short quite so drastically as it does here. Was the woman who could portray the Scarlet Empress really the sentimental housewife this film would have us believe?Author: SB
Cast & crew
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Producer: Katharina M Trebitsch, Jutta Lieck-Klenke
Cast: Katja Flint, Herbert Knaup, Hans-Werner Meyer, Heino Ferch, Armin Rhode, Cosma Shiva Hagen full cast
Duration: 125 mins
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