Marlene Dietrich: "Marokko"

In our film series on Marlene Dietrich, her first US film, in which she was finally molded into a glamorous star:

MAROKKO

USA 1930, directed by Josef von Sternberg. D: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt. 92 min. EnglOmdtU. FSK: 0

Nightclub singer Amy Jolly performs for foreign legionnaires and rich businessmen in Morocco. The gentleman La Bessière is interested in her, but she falls in love with the simple foreign legionnaire Tom Brown, a womanizer. Brown promises to desert for her, but as he thinks he has no chance against La Bessière with Amy Jolly, he goes into battle with his unit. Disappointed, Amy Jolly becomes engaged to La Bessière - but then Brown goes missing...
After the great success of THE BLUE ANGEL, Marlene Dietrich followed director Josef von Sternberg to the USA, who turned her into an iconic star with specific roles, specific costumes and specific lighting. At her request, a scene was included in the film in which she, dressed in a tuxedo and top hat, kisses a woman - which, surprisingly, was not objected to by the US censors.
Marlene Dietrich received an Oscar nomination for her first US film.

Introduction: Ilona Scheidle