{"product_id":"aba-dvd-dietri003-cc291","title":"Dietrich \u0026 Von Sternberg In Hollywood (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTasked by studio executives with finding the next great screen siren, visionary Hollywood director Josef von Sternberg joined forces with rising German actor Marlene Dietrich, kicking off what would become one of the most legendary partnerships in cinema history. Over the course of six films produced by Paramount in the 1930s, the pair refined their shared fantasy of pleasure, beauty, and excess. Dietrich’s coolly transgressive mystique was a perfect match for the provocative roles von Sternberg cast her in—including a sultry chanteuse, a cunning spy, and the hedonistic Catherine the Great—and the filmmaker captured her allure with chiaroscuro lighting and opulent design, conjuring fever-dream visions of exotic settings from Morocco to Shanghai. Suffused with frank sexuality and worldly irony, these deliriously entertaining masterpieces are landmarks of cinematic artifice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMorocco\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this romantic reverie, Marlene Dietrich made her triumphant debut before American audiences and unveiled the enthralling, insouciant persona that would define her Hollywood collaboration with director Josef von Sternberg. Set on the far side of the world but shot outside Los Angeles,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMorocco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enavigates a labyrinth of melancholy and desire as the cabaret singer Amy Jolly (Dietrich), fleeing her former life, takes her act to the shores of North Africa, where she entertains the overtures of a wealthy man of the world while finding herself increasingly drawn to a strapping legionnaire with a shadowy past of his own (Gary Cooper). Fueled by the smoldering chemistry between its two stars, and shot in dazzling light and seductive shadow, the Oscar-nominated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMorocco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a transfixing exploration of elemental passions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDishonored\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Josef von Sternberg’s atmospheric spin on the espionage thriller, Marlene Dietrich further develops her shrewd star persona in the role of a widow turned streetwalker who is recruited to spy for Austria during World War I. Adopting the codename X-27, Dietrich’s wily heroine devotes her gifts for seduction and duplicity—as well as her musical talents—to the patriotic cause, until she finds a worthy adversary in a roguish Russian colonel (Victor McLaglen), who draws her into a fatal game of cat and mouse and tests the strength of her loyalties. Reimagining his native Vienna with customary extravagance, von Sternberg stages this story of spycraft as a captivating masquerade in which no one is who they seem and death is only a wrong note away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShanghai Express\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intoxicating mix of adventure, romance, and pre-Code salaciousness,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShanghai Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emarks the commercial peak of an iconic collaboration. Marlene Dietrich is at her wicked best as Shanghai Lily, a courtesan whose reputation brings a hint of scandal to a three-day train ride through war-torn China. On board, she is surrounded by a motley crew of foreigners and lowlifes, including a fellow fallen woman (Anna May Wong), an old flame (Clive Brook), and a rebel leader wanted by the authorities (Warner Oland). As tensions come to a boil, director Josef von Sternberg delivers one breathtaking image after another, enveloping his star in a decadent profusion of feathers, furs, and cigarette smoke. The result is a triumph of studio filmmaking and a testament to the mythic power of Hollywood glamour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde Venus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJosef von Sternberg returned Marlene Dietrich to the stage in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlonde Venus,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eboth a glittering spectacle and a sweeping melodrama about motherly devotion. Unfolding episodically, the film tells the story of Helen (Dietrich), once a German chanteuse, now an American housewife, who resurrects her stage career after her husband (Herbert Marshall) falls ill; she then becomes the mistress of a millionaire (Cary Grant), in a slide from loving martyr to dishonored woman. Despite production difficulties courtesy of the Hays Office, the director’s baroque visual style shines, as do one of the most memorable musical numbers in all of cinema and a parade of visionary costumes by von Sternberg and Dietrich’s longtime collaborator Travis Banton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Scarlet Empress\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarlene Dietrich stars in Josef von Sternberg’s feverishly debauched biopic as the spoiled princess Sophia Frederica, who grows up being groomed for greatness and yearning for a handsome husband. Sent to Russia to marry the Grand Duke Peter, she is horrified to discover that her betrothed is a half-wit and her new home a macabre palace where depravity rules. Before long, however, she is initiated into the sadistic power politics that govern the court, paving the way for her transformation into the imperious libertine Catherine the Great. A lavish spectacle in which von Sternberg’s domineering visual genius reaches new heights of florid extravagance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Scarlet Empress\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a perversely erotic portrait of a woman—and a movie star—capable of bringing legions to heel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"product-detail-header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-title\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"header__primarytitle\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Devil Is a Woman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJosef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich went out with a bang in their final film together,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil Is a Woman,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea surreal tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar (Lionel Atwill) recounts to the young Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero) the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez (Dietrich), warning his listener to gird himself against her charms. Despite his counsel, Galvan falls under Concha’s spell, leading to a violent denouement. Ever the ornate visual stylist, von Sternberg evokes Spanish culture with a touch of the luridly fantastic, further elevated by Travis Banton’s opulent costume design and award-winning cinematography by von Sternberg himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K or 4K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interviews with film scholars Janet Bergstrom and Homay King; director Josef von Sternberg’s son, Nicholas; Deutsche Kinemathek curator Silke Ronneburg; and costume designer and historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary about actor Marlene Dietrich’s German origins, featuring film scholars Gerd Gemünden and Noah Isenberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew documentary on Dietrich’s status as a feminist icon, featuring film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Legionnaire and the Lady,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1936 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Morocco, featuring Dietrich and actor Clark Gable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew video essay by critics Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Fashion Side of Hollywood,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1935 publicity short featuring Dietrich and costume designer Travis Banton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelevision interview with Dietrich from 1971\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: A book featuring essays by critics Imogen Sara Smith, Gary Giddins, and Farran Smith Nehme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41280900038856,"sku":"CC2915DDVD","price":155.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/dietrichvonsternberginhollywooddvd.jpg?v=1683684465","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/aba-dvd-dietri003-cc291","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}