

Leading ladies, she stars with such legends as Gary Cooper, John Wayne,Īnd Cary Grant. As Hitler rises to power, she sets sail for America toīecome a rival to MGM’s queen, Greta Garbo.


Houses and conducts a series of stormy love affairs that push theīoundaries of social convention until she finds overnight success in theįor Marlene, neither fame nor marriage and motherhood can cure her Voice, and androgynous tailored suits, Marlene performs to packed World of Berlin’s cabarets and drag balls. Violinist is cut short, she vows to become an actress, trading herįamily’s proper, middle-class society for the free-spirited, louche Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalenaĭietrich dreams of a life on the stage.
