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Marlene Dietrich

Life and Legend

Steven Bach author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Published:16th Mar '11

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From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews—including conversations with Dietrich—this is the life story of one of the century’s greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe.

"The finest picture-star biography I have read." —Peter Bogdanovich, Los Angeles Times
"Dietrich will never have a more meticulous, eloquent, or sympathetic biographer." —Times Literary Supplement
"If you open it to the right pages in the right mood, you can practically hear the applause still ringing." —New York Times Book Review

ISBN: 9780816675845

Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 36mm

Weight: unknown

640 pages