Marlene

Mar 9, 2000

2h 12m

★ 5.7

Overview

Marlene is a 2000 German biopic film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and starring Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer and Herbert Knaup. It follows the life of the German actress Marlene Dietrich and her success in Hollywood.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Studio Babelsberg

RAI

Perathon Film-und Fernsehproduktions

ZDF

Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH

Marlene Trailers

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

Katja Flint

Rudolf Sieber

Herbert Knaup

Carl Seidlitz

Heino Ferch

Josef von Sternberg

Hans-Werner Meyer

Tamara Matul

Christiane Paul

Charlotte Seidlitz

Suzanne von Borsody

Emil Jannings

Armin Rohde

Witwe von Losch

Monica Bleibtreu

Bühnenmanager

Otto Sander

Erich Pommer

Heiner Lauterbach

Ernst Linke

Ben Becker

Gary Cooper

Götz Otto

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