90 mins |
Rated
G
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Starring Marlene Dietrich, Alison Skipworth, Lionel Atwill, Hardie Albright, Brian Aherne
Playing as party our Retro Boutique Cinema's Marlene Dietrich Director Collaboration series, playing all through May.
With THE SONG OF SONGS, Dietrich teams up with director Rouben Mamoulian (DR. JEKYLL AND MY HYDE, THE MARK OF ZORRO).
Marlene Dietrich took a break from her classic run of films with Josef von Sternberg to make THE SONG OF SONGS, an atmospheric romantic drama co-starring Brian Aherne (A BULLET IS WAITING) and Lionel Atwill (THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN).
Peasant girl Lily (Dietrich) moves to Berlin, where she falls in love with sculptor Richard (Aherne), for whom she poses. When Richard gets cold feet, Lily enters into an unhappy marriage with a wealthy Baron (Atwill), but longs to return to her true love.
Ravishingly shot by director Rouben Mamoulian, and co-written by Samuel Hoffenstein (AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY), THE SONG OF SONGS is an exquisite and daring pre-Code melodrama.
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Playing as party our Retro Boutique Cinema's Marlene Dietrich Director Collaboration series, playing all through May.
With THE SONG OF SONGS, Dietrich teams up with director Rouben Mamoulian (DR. JEKYLL AND MY HYDE, THE MARK OF ZORRO).
Marlene Dietrich took a break from her classic run of films with Josef von Sternberg to make THE SONG OF SONGS, an atmospheric romantic drama co-starring Brian Aherne (A BULLET IS WAITING) and Lionel Atwill (THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN).
Peasant girl Lily (Dietrich) moves to Berlin, where she falls in love with sculptor Richard (Aherne), for whom she poses. When Richard gets cold feet, Lily enters into an unhappy marriage with a wealthy Baron (Atwill), but longs to return to her true love.
Ravishingly shot by director Rouben Mamoulian, and co-written by Samuel Hoffenstein (AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY), THE SONG OF SONGS is an exquisite and daring pre-Code melodrama.