Dietrich & Riefenstahl : Hollywood, Berlin, and a century in two lives
Wieland, Karin2015
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This magisterial dual biography illuminates two complex lives that began alike but were on opposite sides of the Second World War. Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl, born less than a year apart, lived so close to each other that Risfenstahl could see into Dietrich's Berlin flat. Coming of age in the Weimar Republic, both sought fame in German's silent film industry. Moving deftly between two stories never before told together, Karin Wieland contextulises these lives, chronicling revolutions in politics, fame and sexuality on a grand stage.
Main title:
Dietrich & Riefenstahl : Hollywood, Berlin, and a century in two lives / Karin Wieland ; translated by Shelley Frisch.
Author:
Wieland, Karin, authorFrisch, Shelley Laura, translator
Imprint:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015.
Collation:
640 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780871403360 (hbk)
Dewey class:
791.43028092791.43920 WIE
LC class:
PN2658.D5
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
1492378
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