Marlene (1984 film)
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Language EnglishGermanFrench Release date 2 March 1984 (1984-03-02) Screenplay Maximilian Schell, Lubor Dohnal Cast Similar movies From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995), Double Dare (2004), Searching for Debra Winger (2002), The Green Girl (2014), Rock Hudsons Home Movies (1992) |
Marlene 2000 official trailer
Marlene, also known in Germany as Marlene Dietrich - Porträt eines Mythos, is a 1984 documentary film made by Maximilian Schell about the legendary film star Marlene Dietrich. It was made by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and OKO-Film and released by Futura Film, Munich and Alive Films, (USA).
Contents
- Marlene 2000 official trailer
- Marlene documentary by maximilian schell
- Background
- Film clips
- Awards and nominations
- References

Marlene documentary by maximilian schell
Background
Marlene Dietrich and Maximilian Schell had worked together on Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961. Dietrich had become a virtual recluse in her Paris apartment on the Avenue Montaigne. Schell tried to persuade her for years to participate in a documentary about her life. She continuously refused. In 1982, she eventually agreed to participate in the project on condition that she did not appear. The film therefore consists of an audio commentary and the visuals illustrate her career by showing film clips and stills from her films, as well as newsreel footage. She was contracted for "40 hours of talking" as she reminds Schell during one of their exchanges. The film consists of voice interviews between Schell and Dietrich in which she often ignores his questions, makes acerbic comments about, among other things, some of the people she has worked with and some of the books written about her life and films. In the process, she touches on the subjects of life and death, reality and illusion and the nature of stardom.
Film clips
The film contains clips from the following films:
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (1986). It won the Best Production Award at the Bavarian Film Awards, the Outstanding Non-Feature Film at the German Film Awards and the Best Documentary Award from the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA and the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.
Marlene was rankled by the raw and vulnerable portrayal of her in the movie, thinking it would be an ordinary biography documentary, and she didn't speak to Schell for a year. However, she was won over by the glowing reviews of the film, and after it was nominated for an academy award she reconciled with him.
References
Marlene (1984 film) WikipediaMarlene (1984 film) IMDb Marlene (1984 film) themoviedb.org