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Dishonored • 21m
This 2018 documentary, featuring interviews with film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White, considers the collaboration on the creation of Marlene Dietrich’s star image between the actor and director Josef von Sternberg, along with her role as a Hollywood icon.
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