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Tag Archives: Josef von Sternberg
Blonde Venus (1932) Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Herbert Marshall

American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. Read More »
Crime and Punishment (1935) Josef von Sternberg, Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh

Roderick Raskolnikov, a brilliant criminology student and writer, becomes embittered by poverty and his inability to support his family. Read More »
The Epic That Never Was (1965) Bill Duncalf, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Graves, Josef von Sternberg

The story of the aborted 1937 filming of “I, Claudius”, starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage. Read More »
Anatahan (1953) Josef von Sternberg, Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura

In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten Read More »
An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee

Having just reached adulthood, Clyde Griffiths has always lamented his lot in life, he the only son of poor missionaries. Read More »
The King Steps Out (1936) Josef von Sternberg, Franchot Tone, Grace Moore, Walter Connolly

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in. Read More »
Underworld (1927) Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson, George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent

‘Nobody helps me — I help them!’ boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed Read More »
The Blue Angel (1930) Josef von Sternberg, Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron

Concerned that some of his students are being corrupted by the entertainment at a local club, the Blue Angel Read More »
Jet Pilot (1957) Josef von Sternberg, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen

Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. Read More »