Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood [Criterion Collection]

Criterion Collection (6Pc)

Overview

Tasked 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. Films in this set: Morocco (1930) Dishonored (1931) Shanghai Express (1932) Blonde Venus (1932) The Scarlet Empress (1934) The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

Product Details

Release Date:	07/03/2018
UPC:	0715515217118
Original Release:	1930
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	9:02:00
Sales rank:	15,459

Special Features

New 2k or 4k Digital Restoration of all six films; New interviews wiht film scholars Janet Bergstrom and Homay King; Director Josef von Sternberg's son, Nicholas; Deutsche Kinemathek curator Silke Ronneberg; and Costume Designer and Historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis; New documentary about actor Marlene Dietrich's German origins, featuring film scholars Gerd Gemünden and Noah Isenberg; New documentary on Dietrich's status as a feminist icon, featuring film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White; The Legionnaire and the Lady, a 1936 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Morocco, featuring Dietrich and actor Clark Gable ; New video essay by critics Cristina Alavarez Lopez and Adrian Martin; The Fashion Side of Hollywood, a 1935 publicity short featuring Dietrich and Costume Designer Travis Banton; Television interview from 1971 with Dietrich; "If It Isn't Pain," a song removed from The Devil Is a Woman; Plus: A book featuring essays by critics Imogen Sara Smith, Gary Giddins, and Farran Smith Nehme

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - Morocco
255. Chapters
1. Chapter 1 [1:53]
2. Chapter 2 [5:09]
3. Chapter 3 [2:58]
4. Chapter 4 [10:17]
5. Chapter 5 [6:23]
6. Chapter 6 [12:41]
7. Chapter 7 [7:25]
8. Chapter 8 [7:37]
9. Chapter 9 [7:25]
10. Chapter 10 [3:44]
11. Chapter 11 [3:45]
12. Chapter 12 [3:39]
13. Chapter 13 [4:55]
14. Chapter 14 [2:33]
15. Chapter 15 [6:07]
16. Chapter 16 [5:34]
17. Chapter 17 [:00]
Disc #2 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollwyood - The Devil Is a Woman
255. Chapters
1. Chapter 1 [1:52]
2. Chapter 2 [5:14]
3. Chapter 3 [4:06]
4. Chapter 4 [3:09]
5. Chapter 5 [2:54]
6. Chapter 6 [5:56]
7. Chapter 7 [4:45]
8. Chapter 8 [5:51]
9. Chapter 9 [4:44]
10. Chapter 10 [3:33]
11. Chapter 11 [1:59]
12. Chapter 12 [4:03]
13. Chapter 13 [7:59]
14. Chapter 14 [5:11]
15. Chapter 15 [5:50]
16. Chapter 16 [4:17]
17. Chapter 17 [2:09]
18. Chapter 18 [6:06]
19. Chapter 19 [:00]
Disc #3 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - The Scarlet Empress
255. Chapters
1. Chapter 1 [1:48]
2. Chapter 2 [3:58]
3. Chapter 3 [2:40]
4. Chapter 4 [4:05]
5. Chapter 5 [8:40]
6. Chapter 6 [6:41]
7. Chapter 7 [7:39]
8. Chapter 8 [5:52]
9. Chapter 9 [7:20]
10. Chapter 10 [6:39]
11. Chapter 11 [7:18]
12. Chapter 12 [6:25]
13. Chapter 13 [6:47]
14. Chapter 14 [4:25]
15. Chapter 15 [4:02]
16. Chapter 16 [4:49]
17. Chapter 17 [5:02]
18. Chapter 18 [3:02]
19. Chapter 19 [7:34]
Disc #4 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - Blonde Venus
255. Chapters
1. Chapter 1 [1:31]
2. Chapter 2 [5:17]
3. Chapter 3 [2:00]
4. Chapter 4 [4:08]
5. Chapter 5 [4:19]
6. Chapter 6 [2:47]
7. Chapter 7 [3:18]
8. Chapter 8 [6:16]
9. Chapter 9 [2:50]
10. Chapter 10 [4:44]
11. Chapter 11 [2:31]
12. Chapter 12 [:53]
13. Chapter 13 [1:46]
14. Chapter 14 [3:23]
15. Chapter 15 [3:51]
16. Chapter 16 [2:03]
17. Chapter 17 [1:36]
18. Chapter 18 [2:31]
19. Chapter 19 [1:57]
20. Chapter 20 [1:59]
21. Chapter 21 [3:01]
22. Chapter 22 [1:02]
23. Chapter 23 [4:15]
24. Chapter 24 [2:16]
25. Chapter 25 [4:04]
26. Chapter 26 [2:34]
27. Chapter 27 [1:28]
28. Chapter 28 [2:56]
29. Chapter 29 [2:36]
30. Chapter 30 [5:23]
31. Chapter 31 [4:02]
32. Chapter 32 [:40]
33. Chapter 33 [:00]
Disc #5 -- Dietrich and von Sternburg in Hollywood - Shanghai Express
255. Chapters
1. Chapter 1 [1:41]
2. Chapter 2 [5:46]
3. Chapter 3 [5:11]
4. Chapter 4 [4:59]
5. Chapter 5 [3:59]
6. Chapter 6 [2:37]
7. Chapter 7 [2:47]
8. Chapter 8 [4:37]
9. Chapter 9 [3:21]
10. Chapter 10 [4:26]
11. Chapter 11 [2:54]
12. Chapter 12 [2:37]
13. Chapter 13 [5:31]
14. Chapter 14 [7:26]
15. Chapter 15 [5:31]
16. Chapter 16 [2:18]
17. Chapter 17 [6:06]
18. Chapter 18 [3:19]
19. Chapter 19 [7:14]
20. Chapter 20 [:00]
Disc #6 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - Dishonored
255. Chapters
1. Chapter 1 [1:40]
2. Chapter 2 [8:22]
3. Chapter 3 [7:31]
4. Chapter 4 [5:42]
5. Chapter 5 [1:56]
6. Chapter 6 [2:29]
7. Chapter 7 [7:34]
8. Chapter 8 [4:47]
9. Chapter 9 [9:12]
10. Chapter 10 [9:03]
11. Chapter 11 [10:52]
12. Chapter 12 [4:44]
13. Chapter 13 [4:50]
14. Chapter 14 [1:15]
15. Chapter 15 [2:04]
16. Chapter 16 [1:58]
17. Chapter 17 [2:58]
18. Chapter 18 [4:28]
19. Chapter 19 [:00]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - Morocco
   Play The Movie
Disc #2 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollwyood - The Devil Is a Woman
   Play Movie
Disc #3 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - The Scarlet Empress
   Play The Movie
Disc #4 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - Blonde Venus
   Play The Movie
Disc #5 -- Dietrich and von Sternburg in Hollywood - Shanghai Express
   Play The Movie
Disc #6 -- Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood - Dishonored
   Play The Movie