Movies

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.

A Polish officer posing as a gypsy loves a gypsy girl who is really the count's daughter.

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in.

Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's...

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

Made for BBC Television in 1967, this 20-minute documentary features a rare interview with the director and a unique demonstration of his lighting...

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.

A peasant girl goes to great lengths to protect her child in 19th century Vienna. The film is considered lost, and only four minutes of footage are...

Interview with Austrian-American director, Josef von Sternberg, recorded for Swedish television in 1968.

Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.

Screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2024 as part of Marlene Dietrich – Cinema Redistributed, presented by Kristina Jaspers (Deutsche Kinemathek). ...

Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The Devil Is a Woman" (1935).

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would...

A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering....

Biography of Marlene Dietrich using interviews, film clips and rare footage of the actress, including her own home movies.

An interview with film director Josef von Sternberg, produced for Belgium television.

Joan and Magdalen are the daughters of a fisherman. Magdalen leaves her fiancé, Peter, to run off to the big city. Joan and Peter marry....

Marlene Dietrich's screen tests for the classic 1930 German film The Blue Angel directed by Josef von Sternberg.