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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
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digital optical rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 932.
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| Note |
Title from title screen ; composer credit from boxed set's accompanying book. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931. |
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"New, restored 4K digital transfer." |
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Special features: 2014 interview with director Josef von Sternberg's son, Nicholas von Sternberg; 2018 documentary on actor Marlene Dietrich's status as a feminist icon, featuring film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White; 2018 video essay by critics Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin about the form and style of the films. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Lee Garmes ; music, Karl Hajos. |
| Cast |
Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland, Lew Cody, Barry Norton. |
| Summary |
In Josef von Sternberg's atmospheric spin on the espionage thriller, Marlene Dietrich further develops her shrew star persona in the role of a widow turned streetwalker who is recruited to spy for Austria during World War I. Adopting the code name 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, who draws her into a fatal game of cat and mouse and tests the strength of her loyalties. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, 4:3 full screen, Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
In English with optional English SDH subtitles. |
| Subject |
Women spies -- Austria -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prostitutes -- Austria -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Spy films.
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Romance films.
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War films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969, film director.
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Rubin, Daniel N. (Daniel Nathan), 1892- screenwriter.
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Dietrich, Marlene, actor.
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McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959, actor.
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Seyffertitz, Gustav von, 1863-1943, actor.
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Oland, Warner, 1880-1938, actor.
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Cody, Lew, 1884-1934, actor.
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Norton, Barry, actor.
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Garmes, Lee, 1898-1978, director of photography.
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Paramount Publix Corporation, production company, presenter.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work): Dishonored (Motion picture)
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Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood.
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| ISBN |
9781681434650 (disc) |
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1681434652 (disc) |
| Standard No. |
715515217118 (boxed set) |
| Music No. |
CC2917D The Criterion Collection |
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