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Author:

Wieland, Karin,.

Title:

Dietrich & Riefenstahl : Hollywood, Berlin, and a century in two lives / Karin Wieland ; translated by Shelley Frisch.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 612 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Dietrich, Marlene.
Riefenstahl, Leni.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Germany--Biography.
Women entertainers--Germany--Biography.
Women motion picture producers and directors--Germany--Biography.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Frisch, Shelley Laura,.

Other Titles:

Dietrich & Riefenstahl English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Youth (1901-1923). The streets of Berlin ; Body, art, and war -- Carving out a career (1923-1932). Early sorrow ; Blue -- Success (1932-1939). Hollywood ; Berlin -- War (1939-1945). The amazon ; The soldier -- Prosecution (1945-1954). The witness ; The accused -- New chapter of fame (1954-1976). The icon ; Camp -- The end game (1976-2003). In the mattress crypt ; At the bottom of the sea.

Summary:

Leni Riefenstahl and Marlene Dietrich both came of age in Weimar Berlin, a time of great political ferment. Both women seized upon the revolutionary energy of the 1920s, seeking careers on the stage and in film. In the 1930s, Riefenstahl became the official filmmaker of the Third Reich, a progenitor of fascist symbolism. Dietrich's slender and androgynous beauty made her a fashion icon. Both women had their grand passions, but neither abandoned ambition for the sake of love. Wieland brings to vivid life a time of international upheaval, chronicling radical evolutions of politics, fame, and femininity on a grand stage.

ISBN:

0871403366
9780871403360

LCCN:

2015026548

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)