Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg ; Universal
Type
Label
Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg ; Universal
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Dishonored
Responsibility statement
directed by Josef von Sternberg ; Universal
Runtime
91
Series statement
Criterion collection, 932Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood
Summary
Tasked by studio executives with finding the next great screen siren, visionary Hollywood director Josef Von Sternberg joined forces with rising German actor Marlene Dietrich, kicking off what would become one of the most legendary partnerships in cinema historyA widow turned streetwalker is recruited to spy for Austria during World War I. Adopting the code name X-27, the wily heroine devotes her gifts for seduction and duplicity---as well as her musical talents---to the patriotic cause, until she finds a worthy adversary in a roguish Russian colonel, who draws her into a fatal game of cat and mouse and tests the strength of her loyalties. A story of spycraft as a captivating masquerade in which no one is who they seem and death is only a wrong note away
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood, Dishonored
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