Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001)
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- 1h 40min
- Documentary, Biography
- 21 Mar 2002 (Germany)
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Burt Bacharach | ... |
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André G. Brunelin | ... |
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Rosemary Clooney | ... |
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Buck Dawson | ... |
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Alfred Hens | ... |
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Beate Klarsfeld | ... |
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Hildegard Knef | ... |
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Volker Kühn | ... |
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Thomas Langhoff | ... |
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A.C. Lyles | ... |
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Elisabeth McIntosh | ... |
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Felix Moeller | ... |
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Barney Oldfield | ... |
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Maria Riva | ... |
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Volker Schlöndorff | ... |
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Guy Stern | ... |
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Nicholas Josef von Sternberg | ... |
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Hans Georg Will | ... |
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Markus Wolf | ... |
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Jamie Lee Curtis | ... |
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Nina Franoszek | ... |
Marlene Dietrich (voice)
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Marlene Dietrich | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Lex Barker | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Willy Brandt | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Elisabeth Dietrich | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Jimmy Durante | ... |
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Deanna Durbin | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Jean Gabin | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Joseph Goebbels | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Adolf Hitler | ... |
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Ann Miller | ... |
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Garry Moore | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Rudolf Sieber | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Danny Thomas | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Lana Turner | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
David Riva | ... | (as J. David Riva) |
Written by
Karin Kearns | ... | () |
Produced by
Tom Brown | ... | executive producer: Turner Classic Movies |
Roger Corman | ... | executive producer |
Sabine de Mardt | ... | executive producer (as Sabine Müller) / line producer: Germany (as Sabine Müller) |
Martin Denning | ... | line producer |
Frank Hübner | ... | executive producer |
Karin Kearns | ... | producer |
H.W. Pausch | ... | producer |
David Riva | ... | producer (as J. David Riva) |
Melissa Roller | ... | supervising producer: Turner Classic Movies |
Gerhard Schmidt | ... | executive producer |
Cooky Ziesche | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Gernot Rothenbach |
Cinematography by
Adolfo Bartoli | ||
Christine Burrill | ||
Uli Kudicke |
Editing by
William Haugse | ||
Katharina Schmidt |
Editorial Department
Christian Dorn | ... | on-line editor |
William Haugse | ... | editor: USA |
Nicole Kortlüke | ... | assistant editor |
Guido Krajewski | ... | on-line editor: Germany |
Matthew Martin | ... | assistant editor (as Matt Martin) |
Maria Nastouli | ... | post-production assistant |
Andreas Teichert | ... | color timer |
Production Design by
Birgit Schulz |
Production Management
Reinhild Gräber | ... | production supervisor: ApolloMedia |
Rudolf Kurz | ... | production supervisor: ApolloMedia |
Ingo Schlösser | ... | production manager |
Ryan Schwartz | ... | production manager |
Achim Strack | ... | post-production supervisor / production manager |
Kai von Krocher | ... | assistant production manager |
Art Department
Birgid Schultz | ... | artistic consultant |
Sound Department
Alan Barker | ... | sound mixer |
Klaus Hornemann | ... | sound mixer |
Kai-Uwe Koch | ... | sound editor |
Kathrin Nüssel | ... | post-production sound |
Jan Schutz | ... | sound recordist |
Janet Urban | ... | sound recordist: Los Angeles |
Susi Wetri | ... | sound recordist |
Visual Effects by
Andreas Teichert | ... | digital colorist |
Camera and Electrical Department
Andrea Gatzke | ... | clapper loader |
Harald Gromer | ... | still photographer: dop's stills shoot |
Ted Hayash | ... | gaffer |
Thomas Hübener | ... | gaffer (as Thomas Hübner) |
Sean Jenkins | ... | camera rental: USA |
Marc Kubik | ... | first assistant camera |
Andres Marder | ... | still photographer: dop's stills shoot |
Marc Stoppenbach | ... | first assistant camera: stills shoot |
Kirby Washington | ... | first assistant camera |
Location Management
Greg Gilbert | ... | location manager: USA |
Music Department
Liane Augustin | ... | playback singer |
Lothar Metzl | ... | composer: theme music |
Gernot Rothenbach | ... | music arranger |
Additional Crew
Thomas Becker | ... | legal affairs: ApolloMedia |
Josef Brandmaier | ... | bank services |
Birthe Danielsen | ... | assistant: Mr. Becker |
Melissa Simon Disharoon | ... | sponsor |
Michael Donner | ... | production accountant |
Bernd Eichhorn | ... | researcher: Marlene Dietrich Collection, Germany |
Christine Fischer-Defoy | ... | cultural consultant |
Kent Hamilton | ... | insurance |
Mark Harris | ... | senior project consultant |
David Izquierdo | ... | assistant to director |
Alexander Kiefer | ... | titles |
John Knowles | ... | laboratory technician: USA |
Thomas Krempke | ... | tape-to-film transfer |
Howard Leder | ... | researcher: USA |
Gerhard Lehmann | ... | subtitler |
Samia Mainz | ... | assistant: Mr. Hübner |
Axel Brock Möller | ... | post-production video coordinator |
Kathrin Nüssel | ... | laboratory technician: Germany |
Stanley Ottenstein | ... | rights clearances |
Steven A. Reich | ... | legal advisor (as Steven Reich) |
John-Paul Riva | ... | historian: world war II |
Silke Ronneburg | ... | researcher: Marlene Dietrich Collection, Germany |
Barb Ryersen | ... | production assistant |
Achim Schmitz | ... | titles |
Monika Schotz | ... | legal advisor |
Arthur Stashower | ... | legal advisor |
Werner Sudendorf | ... | researcher: Marlene Dietrich Collection, Germany |
Susan Vaill | ... | researcher: USA |
Truman Van Dyke | ... | insurance |
Matt Venne | ... | production assistant |
Jörg Westerkamp | ... | legal affairs: ApolloMedia |
Thanks
Joachim Bernauer | ... | thanks |
Steven Blalock | ... | thanks |
John Dolibois | ... | thanks |
Anita Kremser | ... | thanks |
Brad Krevoy | ... | thanks |
Michael Naumann | ... | thanks (as Dr. Michael Naumann) |
Hansjürgen Rosenbauer | ... | special thanks |
David Salzman | ... | special thanks |
Coco Schumann | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- APG
- ApolloMedia Distribution
- Associated Producers Group Inc.
- D&K Productions Inc.
- Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB)
- Gemini Film
- MEDIA Programme of the European Union
- Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) (in association with)
- Talent Network Media GmbH
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (in association with)
- United Artists (in association with)
Distributors
- Tri-m Pictures Inc. (Japan) (theatrical)
- Celluloid Dreams (world sales)
- Divisa Home Video (Spain) (DVD)
- Edition Salzgeber (Germany)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB)
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Archive Films (source: stock footage)
- BMG Zomba Music Libraries (source: additional music)
- Bettman Archives (source: still photos)
- Bundes Archiv Berlin (source: stock footage)
- Central Order (source: stock footage)
- Chronos-Film (source: stock footage)
- Cine Licht Camera Rental GmbH (camera rentals: Germany)
- Clairmont Camera Film & Digital (camera rentals: USA)
- Corbis (source: still photos)
- Deutsche Presseagentur (DPA) (source: still photos)
- EMI Records (source: stock footage)
- Film Archive Austria (film clips courtesy of)
- Film Archive Austria (source: stock footage)
- Film- und Video-Untertitlung (subtitles)
- Filmmuseum Berlin Marlene Dietrich Collection (special thanks)
- Filmmuseum Berlin (source: stock footage)
- Finders Research Services (rights clearances)
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (film clips courtesy of)
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (source: stock footage)
- Fuji Berlin (fuji film stock: Germany)
- Gaumont-Cinémathéque (source: stock footage)
- Ginette Vachon Suisse (source: still photos)
- Historic Films (source: stock footage)
- Hulton Archive (source: still photos)
- HypoVereins Bank (banking services)
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (stock footage)
- International Documentary Association (IDA) (fiscal sponsoring)
- Kobal Collection (source: still photos)
- Koka Media (source: additional music)
- Landesarchiv Berlin (source: still photos)
- Light Fantastic (grip/lighting: District of Columbia)
- MGM Clip + Still (film clips courtesy of)
- Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin (source: still photos)
- Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin (source: stock footage)
- Media Distributors Film Source (fuji film stock: USA)
- Memorial du Maréchal Leclerc de Hautéclocque de Libération de Paris et Musée Jean Moulin (source: still photos)
- Motion Picture and Television Research Service (source: still photos)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (source: still photos)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (source: stock footage)
- Optical Art (video post-production facilities)
- POP Studio (adr: USA)
- Paris Match (source: still photos)
- Producer's Library Service (source: stock footage)
- Progress Film-Verleih (source: stock footage)
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (source: stock footage)
- Rue de Archives (source: still photos)
- SEKANI (source: stock footage)
- Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) (source: stock footage)
- Serious Films (grip/lighting: Los Angeles)
- Spiegel TV (source: stock footage)
- Splendid Synchron (adr: Germany)
- Stadtmuseum Berlin (source: still photos)
- Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (source: still photos)
- Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (source: stock footage)
- Studio Babelsberg (adr: Germany)
- Studio Babelsberg (post-production sound facility)
- Studio Hamburg Fernseh Allianz (source: stock footage)
- Sveriges Television (SVT) (source: stock footage)
- Swiss Effects (transfer on film)
- Timepix (source: still photos)
- Transit Film (film clips courtesy of)
- Transit Film (source: stock footage)
- UCLA Film and Television Archive (source: stock footage)
- Ullstein Bilderdienst (source: still photos)
- United Studios of Israel (source: stock footage)
- Universal Studios Licensing (film clips courtesy of)
- VCC Perfect Pictures (video post-production facilities)
- Veterans of World War II (special thanks)
- Vision Unlimited (titles)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (source: stock footage)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (source: stock footage)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A profile of German-born American Marlene Dietrich is presented, her life a continual dichotomy either of her bourgeois Prussian background against the unrepressed characteristic of Berliners in the post-WWI era early in her life, or of the glamorous Hollywood movie star against being the proverbial Everywoman from WWII onward. This profile is generally separated into five different time periods. The first up until the end of the 1920s centers on her German acting career where she was largely a minor player. The second, in the 1930s, is her Hollywood stardom, director Josef von Sternberg who could see her potential that German directors of the time did not. This period also sees her turning her back on her homeland due to the rise in Nazism, and in turn the Nazi party's push and pull with her, publicly lashing out against her by portraying her proverbially being in bed with Jewish Hollywood filmmakers while still wanting her to return to Germany to be able to capitalize on her popularity for political purposes. The third is the WWII era and her remarkable war efforts as a civilian for the Allieds in general, that time colored by her open affair with French film star Jean Gabin. The affair took place while she was still married to Rudolf Sieber, that marriage, largely in name and friendship only from the mid-1930s onward, lasting until his death in 1976. The fourth is her post-WWII career where many in Hollywood had placed her in their rear-view mirror in favor of rising young stars. That phase of her career was affected by her time in the war and she in turn often considering it akin to prostitution in working solely for the money and usually only as favor in requests of friends in the business. And the fifth is her seclusion in Paris in the last decade and a half of her life. Written by Huggo |
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