Drama ·Documentary · United States of America · 2002 · 15m

The Great Yiddish Love

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Director
Diane Nerwen
Cast
Marlene Dietrich as (archive footage) Zarah Leander as (archive footage) Molly Picon as Self - Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Crew
Diane Nerwen — Writer
Synopsis

Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
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