Marlene (2000 film)

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Marlene
Marlene (movie poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Screenplay byChristian Pfannenschmidt
Produced byJutta Lieck-Klenke
Katharina M. Trebitsch
Starring
Cinematography Joseph Vilsmaier
Edited byBarbara Hennings
Music by Harald Kloser
Thomas Wanker
Distributed by Senator Film [1]
Release date
  • 9 March 2000 (2000-03-09)
[1]
Running time
132 min (Germany)
125 min (US)
Countries Germany, Italy
Language German
Budget$9 million [1]
Box office$2,061,924

Marlene is a 2000 German biopic film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and starring Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer and Herbert Knaup. [2] It follows the life of the German actress Marlene Dietrich and her success in Hollywood. [3]

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Cast

Cited films

The movie contains "episodes" of the following films:

Reception

The film was not well received in Germany and also did not open well at the box office, opening on 420 screens and grossing $700,000 in its first four days and finishing fifth at the German box office. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scott, Mary (17 March 2000). "Marlene disappoints in Germany". Screen International . p. 27.
  2. ↑ "Marlene (2000)". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Mueller, Agnes C. (2004). German Pop Culture: How "American" is It?. University of Michigan Press. pp. 199–. ISBN   0-472-11384-4.


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