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Josef von Sternberg

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UnderworldUnderworld (1927)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook
Josef von Sternberg’s breakthrough silent film arguably pioneered the American gangster genre, with George Bancroft cast as a criminal kingpin…
Last Command, TheLast Command, The (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings won the first best actor Academy Award for his performance as a sympathetic tyrant: an exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra…
Docks of New York, TheDocks of New York, The (1928) Recommended
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Betty Compson
George Bancroft plays a roughneck stoker who gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for a wise and weary…
Blue Angel, TheBlue Angel, The (1930) Aro Favourite
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings
A masterwork of the twenties German grotesquerie, this enjoyed great success and gave an early career boost to Marlene Dietrich.
Shanghai ExpressShanghai Express (1932)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Warner Oland
Hollywood's version of pre–revolutionary Shanghai is a lavish parallel universe of sin and oriental treachery with Marlene Dietrich (as…
Blonde VenusBlonde Venus (1932)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Herbert Marshall…
Director Josef von Sternberg reunites with muse Marlene Dietrich in this sweeping melodrama about a German chanteuse turned struggling housewife who…
Scarlet Empress, TheScarlet Empress, The (1934) Recommended
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Sam Jaffe
Outrageously ornate telling of the rise of Russia's Catherine the Great. Marlene Dietrich plays the Empress, with her great director/collaborator at…
Crime and PunishmentCrime and Punishment (1935)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh
Modest adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a criminology student turned murderer who becomes tortured with remorse.
Devil Is A Woman, TheDevil Is A Woman, The (1935)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero
Set during Carnival in turn on the century Seville where a temptress comes between a young revolutionary and his old friend.

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