Blonde Venus (1932)

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 147 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous nightclub singer gives up her career to marry a wealthy American. Years later, she makes a sacrifice to save her husband which leads to a painful separation from her son.

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What happens

Blonde Venus is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant. It was produced, edited and directed by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren, adapted from a story by Furthman and von Sternberg. The original story "Mother Love" was written by Dietrich herself. The musical score was by W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Paul Marquardt and Oscar Potoker, with cinematography by Bert Glennon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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