Rent Marlene Dietrich: The Twilight of an Angel (2012)
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0h 52min
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- Synopsis:
Marlene Dietrich was one of the twentieth century's most enduring icons of beauty and glamour, whose appeal crossed every nationality, belief and even sexuality. Marlene was the supreme embodiment of erotic sophistication whose death only served to make ever more alluring and mysterious. She burst onto the world scene in Josef von Sternberg's 'The Blue Angel' in 1930 and enjoyed a glittering film career, abandoning her native Germany for America when the Nazis put pressure on her to star in their propaganda films. But Dietrich's life was one of controversy and she was notorious for an unreliably recalling her own life story, her loves and her relationships. After her retirement in the late 1970's Marlene withdrew to her apartment at 12 avenue Montaigne in Paris. She spent the final eleven years of her life, mostly bedridden, a tetchy, alcoholic who was dependent on painkillers and allowed only a select few to enter her apartment. This is their story - Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva, her grandson Peter Riva, Pierre Cardin and Louis Bozon - who recall the final years of this unique star whom Hollywood voted one of the top ten actresses of all time. This new documentary contains rare archive footage of Marlene Dietrich and extracts from her telephone conversations with friends in the last years of her life as she carefully concealed the legend of Marlene Dietrich from the outside world. - Actors:
- Marlene Dietrich, Maria Riva, Peter Riva, Pierre Cardin, Louis Bozon
- Directors:
- Dominique Leeb
- Producers:
- Minou Azoulai, Arnaud Xainte
- Writers:
- Dominique Leeb
- Aka:
- Marlene - Le Crépuscule d'un ange
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Marlene Dietrich
- Countries:
- France
