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Marlene

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Marlene (1987)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Actor/director Maximilian Schell's award-winning homage to one of Hollywood's most seductive and enigmatic stars: Marlene Dietrich. Despite her vehement protests about being the subject of his... Actor/director Maximilian Schell's award-winning homage to one of Hollywood's most seductive and enigmatic stars: Marlene Dietrich. Despite her vehement protests about being the subject of his documentary, Schell has managed to weave an interesting biographical portrait, using film clips from the over 50-year span of her work, such as the early German silent, "Nights of Love," to "Just a Gigolo" made in 1978, as well as concert footage with her conductor, Burt Bacharach, extracts from American talk shows, and stills. Their interviews together, three days conducted in German and three days in English, are revealing, humorous, and extremely argumentative. [More]

Starring: Marlene Dietrich

Starring: Marlene Dietrich

Director: Maximilian Schell

Director: Maximilian Schell

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I think we learn much more about Dietrich than we would have if she had submitted to the usual paint-by-numbers, fawning Biography Channel type of film.

Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
10/26/09
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

The result is a fascinating document, not only of the star herself, but also of the documentary as personal process.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/10/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The bilingual parrying between the withholding diva and her frustrated chronicler often seems like Sunset Boulevard re-imagined as a radio play, with sex removed from the equation but marlenus interruptus aplenty.

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10/05/09
Bill Weber
Bill Weber
Slant Magazine

Schell uses the limiting conditions-Dietrich did't let him photograph her-to an advantage, resulting in a revelatory work that's more interesting because of the combative relationship with his subject, a star wishing to keep control to the bitter end

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08/13/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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At once enigmatic, deliberately obfuscating in nature and extremely revealing.

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08/18/05
Ken Hanke
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