- Title: GERMANY: GERMAN FILM "MARLENE" PREMIERES IN BERLIN
- Date: 16th March 2000
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (MARCH 7, 2000)(REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (German) DIRECTOR JOSEPH VILSMEIER: "Marlene was the first woman's rights activist in my eyes. In the 60's she was already doing things that others would not dare to do. She did dangerous things and did not shy away from showing herself publicly with her lesbian friends."
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- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: Controversial Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich, at one time Hitler's favourite actress before she quit Nazi Germany, comes back to life again on the big screen in a lavish German production on her extraordinary life.'Marlene' has premiered in Berlin.
Controversial Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich comes to life again on the big screen - with the premiere of a lavish new German film production on the life of Hitler's favourite actress entitled simply, 'Marlene.' "I was interested in her home life, how she treated her husband, what was there in addition to her life as a star,"
director Joseph Vilsmaier told Reuters in Berlin.
"There was a plethora of material about Marlene Dietrich, so it was hard to give a fair share to all involved in her life."
Vilsmaier says he could not feature all of her best-known lovers in the film entitled "Marlene" because it would take too much time.But the film does show her stormy love life with both men and women.
Dietrich made her name by starring in the first German talking film "The Blue Angel" in 1929.She then moved to Hollywood to continue her career.
The director attempted to capture the feel of the past by using Hollywood sets of the past, but some German critics have said the overall effort falls flat.
"Marlene does not give the viewer the feeling of seeing Marlene Dietrich's life, but only seeing a bad remake of a Marlene Dietrich film," Der Spiegel wrote.
She remained controversial in her homeland throughout her life because of her strong support for the United States in World War Two.
During a return visit in 1960, some Berliners chanted "Marlene go home" and she never returned during her life But when she died in 1992 she was buried in her beloved Berlin. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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