Marlene (2000 film)
Encyclopedia
Marlene is a 2000 German
-Italian
biopic film
directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
and starring Katja Flint
, Hans Werner Meyer
and Herbert Knaup
. It follows the life of the German actress Marlene Dietrich
and her success in Hollywood.
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
-Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
biopic film
Biographical film
A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...
directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Joseph Vilsmaier
Joseph Vilsmaier is a German film director.-Work:After attending a boarding school near Augsburg, he was trained as a technician to make film cameras and then spent nine years at a music conservatory. Following this he was a member of a jazz group...
and starring Katja Flint
Katja Flint
Katja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...
, Hans Werner Meyer
Hans Werner Meyer
Hans Werner Meyer is a German film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* Marlene * Safe Conduct * The Baader Meinhof Complex * Albert Schweitzer -External links:...
and Herbert Knaup
Herbert Knaup
Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* Run Lola Run * Marlene * Distant Lights * Jerry Cotton * In Darkness -External links:...
. It follows the life of the German actress Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
and her success in Hollywood.
Main cast
- Katja FlintKatja FlintKatja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...
– Marlene DietrichMarlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films... - Herbert KnaupHerbert KnaupHerbert Knaup is a German film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* Run Lola Run * Marlene * Distant Lights * Jerry Cotton * In Darkness -External links:...
– Rudolf Sieber - Heino FerchHeino FerchHeino Ferch is an award-winning German film and television actor.-Life:The son of a cargo vessel skipper, he was on stage for the first time in his life at the age of 15, while he was still attending grammar school...
– Carl Seidlitz - Hans Werner MeyerHans Werner MeyerHans Werner Meyer is a German film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* Marlene * Safe Conduct * The Baader Meinhof Complex * Albert Schweitzer -External links:...
– Josef von Sternberg - Christiane PaulChristiane PaulChristiane Paul is a German film, television and stage actress.Paul first worked as a model for magazines such as Bravo. She was 17 when she obtained her first leading role in the film Deutschfieber...
– Tamara Matul - Suzanne von BorsodySuzanne von BorsodySuzanne von Borsody is a German actress. She is the daughter of director Rosemarie Fendel and actor Hans von Borsody .She played Frau Jäger in the 1998 film Run Lola Run.- External links :*...
– Charlotte Seidlitz - Armin RohdeArmin Rohde-Filmography:- References :* Tobias Haucke and Timo Rieg : Bochumer Bekannte 2. biblioviel Verlag, Bochum 2003. ISBN 3-928781-82-0....
– Emil Jannings - Josefina Vilsmaier – Maria aged 6
- Theresa Vilsmaier – Maria aged 10
- Janina Vilsmaier – Maria aged 13
- Monica BleibtreuMonica BleibtreuMonica Bleibtreu was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best-known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles.-Life and career:...
– Witwe von Losch - Cosma Shiva HagenCosma Shiva HagenCosma Shiva Hagen is a German actress and the daughter of New Wave/punk singer Nina Hagen and the late musician Ferdinand Karmelk. Her grandmother is actress Eva-Maria Hagen, and her step-grandfather is the East German dissident writer Wolf Biermann. Eva-Maria Hagen was allowed to emigrate to West...
– Resi - Katharina Müller-ElmauKatharina Müller-ElmauKatharina Müller-Elmau is an Argentine-born German actress.-Selected filmography:* Japaner sind die besseren Liebhaber * Marlene * Vincent will Meer -External links:...
– Margo Lion - Oliver Elias – Jossi Winter
- Sandy MartinSandy MartinSandy Martin is an actress who has over 60 film credits and has been an actress, producer, director and writer in professional theater productions....
– Louella ParsonsLouella ParsonsLouella Parsons was the first American news-writer movie columnist in the United States. She was a gossip columnist who, for many years, was an influential arbiter of Hollywood mores, often feared and hated by the individuals, mostly actors, whose careers she could negatively impact via her... - Richard Keats – Travis Banton
- Mike Wimberly – Harry
- Elvira Jimenez – Juanita
- Otto SanderOtto SanderOtto Sander is a German film, theater, and voice actor.Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service as a navy reserve officer and then studied theatre science, history of art and philosophy. In 1965 he made his...
– Bühnenmanager - Heiner LauterbachHeiner LauterbachHeiner Lauterbach is a German actor.- Life and work :Heiner Lauterbach was married to German actress Katja Flint who is the mother of his son Oscar . Later he had a relationship with Jenny Elvers. Since 7 September 2001 he has been married to Viktoria Skaf. They have two children: Maya and Vito...
– Erich Pommer - Ben BeckerBen BeckerBen Becker is a German film and theatre actor.- Life and work :Becker is the son of actress Monika Hansen and actor Rolf Becker. He is the brother of actress Meret Becker and the stepson of Otto Sander. His grandmother was the comedian Claire Schlichting...
– Ernst Linke - Jürgen Schornagel Friedrich Mollner
- Götz OttoGötz OttoGötz Otto is a German actor known for his very tall stature. He is 198 cm tall and is often characterised by bleached blonde hair in his films....
– Gary CooperGary CooperFrank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made... - Ute Cremer – Maria Riva
- George Valencia – Carlos
- Gloria Gray – Mae WestMae WestMae West was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades....
- Michel Francoeur – Maurice ChevalierMaurice ChevalierMaurice Auguste Chevalier was a French actor, singer, entertainer and a noted Sprechgesang performer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including Louise, Mimi, Valentine, and Thank Heaven for Little Girls and for his films including The Love Parade and The Big Pond...
- Heinrich Schafmeister – Pianist