Marlene

Mar 9, 2000

2h 12m

★ 5.7

Overview

In this biopic, Marlene Dietrich leaves Berlin for Hollywood, where she establishes herself as an international star through various film roles.

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

45,000 sections of reinforced concrete - three tons each.  Nearly 300 watchtowers., over 250 dog runs, twenty bunkers.  Sixty-five miles of anti-vehicle trenches—signal wire, barbed wire, beds of nails. Over 11,000 armed guards.  A death strip of sand, well-raked to reveal footprints. 200 ordinary people shot dead following attempts to escape the communist regime.  96 miles of concrete wall. Families divided, loved ones lost…

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