Scarlet Empress (1934)
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, C. Aubrey Smith, Louise Dresser
Screenwriter: Manuel Komroff
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Josef Von Sternberg
DVD Info
Release:
May 8, 2001
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Single Side - Dual Layer
- RSDL
Audio:
- Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
- Documentary - 1. THE WORLD OF JOSEF VON STERNBERG (1966)
- Short - 1. VON STERNBERG TRIBUTE, Jack Smith - Filmmaker
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Production Stills
Additional Products:
- Liner Notes - 1. Robin Wood - Film Historian
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Reviews
Von Sternberg's most realized film that combines a brilliant spectacle of royal pomp and mise-en-scene with Harpo Marx-like silent comedy.
Unhinged and marvelous; it walks a thin line between melodrama and farce.
A thrilling historical pageant, featuring one of the most mind-blowing mises-en-scenes ever created for a film, plus iconic performances by Dietrich, Jaffe, and Dresser.
Sternberg belongs in the very top ranks of any list of the greatest filmmakers of all time -- and nowhere is this more apparent than here.
The filmmaking is invigorating, with some of the images standing out as originals to this day.
a dense, visually astounding portrait of a woman evolving from an innocent, inexperienced, and idealistic girl to a shrewd, calculating empress


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