With tha t simple gesture, marlene dietrich, as amy jolly in morocco, ascended the heights of expressive romantic longing that only she could attain. In 1917 he joined the army signal corps and made training films. In his personality, the twin urges of the disturbed adolescent towards selfadvertisement and selfeffacement fuse with a brilliant visual imagination to create an artistic vision unparalleled in the cinema. Sternberg, 1934, holy motors leos carax 2012 and the house sharunas. Sternberg wasnt in germany for the nazi era he was home, in the united states, as his filmography makes clear.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Program presentation for cinema ritrovato, bologna, italy 2008. He received the george eastman house medal of honor in 1957. He first made his reputation in the final years of silent movies, then successfully made the transition to sound and directed the young marlene dietrich in the blue angel in 1930, followed by six other movies with her.
Sternberg is best known for his series of erotic films featuring marlene dietrich as the. Towering above it all is the passionate, heartbreaking jannings, whose portrayal of a man losing his. Criterions booklet excerpts the autobiographys chapter on emil jannings, relevant to the last command. The brilliant doomed romance of marlene dietrich and josef. The screenplay was adapted by joseph anthony and s. Sternberg emigrated with his family to join his father in new york when. Ive altered it accordingly, while rewriting for tone. Lauren from fyodor dostoevskys novel of the same title. Among them are the laws of artand the lawlessness of it, as well. Viena, 1894 hollywood, 1969 director cinematografico austriaco. But his main contributions were actually to the language of film, particularly his handling of lighting and miseenscene. In new york at age 17, he became a film patcher for world film. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress marlene dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded paramountufa.
George bancroft plays heavy bull weed, a criminal kingpin whose jealous devotion to his moll, feathers evelyn brent, gets him into hot water with a rival hood and, ultimately, the authorities. He is especially known for his seven films with actress marlene dietrich. There are some things which cannot be learned, though they can be studied. Still he retains a certain legendary splendour, an aura of the days when hollywood was really hollywood. But despite the superstar emil jannings it was a young actress who stole the show from everybody. When he was two years old, his father moses morris sternberg, a former soldier in the army of austriahungary, moved to the united states in search of work. Devenu realisateur austroamericain, il sanoblit lui meme. When he was two years old, his father moses morris sternberg, a former soldier in the army of austria. Dont go, she whispers throatily into his ear as she hugs him. It 1927 uncredited, the last command 1928, the docks of new york. Sternbergs remarkable command of film technique has inspired several studies. Youre mistaking sternberg for someone else, possibly sirk, who was late leaving nazi germany sternberg was an austrianamerican, his only german production was the blue angel.