« back to catalog

Marlene

2000
Germany / Italy
feature film - Biography
132 min. (3608 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Katja Flint (Marlene Dietrich); Herbert Knaup (Rudolf Sieber); Heino Ferch (Carl Seidlitz); Hans-Werner Meyer (Josef von Sternberg); Christiane Paul (Tamara Matul); Suzanne von Borsody (Charlotte Seidlitz); Armin Rohde (Emil Jannings); Katharina Müller-Elmau (Margo Lion); Monica Bleibtreu (Witwe von Losch); Janina Vilsmaier (Maria as Child); Theresa Vilsmaier (Maria as older Child); Josefina Vilsmaier (Maria as Youth); Otto Sander (Stage Manager); Heiner Lauterbach (Erich Pommer); Ben Becker (Ernst Linke); Jürgen Schornagel (Friedrich Mollner); Götz Otto (Gary Cooper); Heinrich Schafmeister (Pianist); Cosma Shiva Hagen (Resi); Oliver Elias (Jossi Winter); Sandy Martin (Lolita Parsons); Richard Keats (Travis Banton); Mike Wimberly (Harry); Elvira Jimenez (Joanita); George Valencia (Carlos); Gloria Gray (Mae West); Michel Francoeur (Maurice Chevalier); Kai Scheve (German Soldier); Peer Jäger (US-General); Chris Mendoca (US Soldier)

Direction

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier

Assistant director: Michael Sauerteig; Basia Baumann

Writing

Screenplay: Christian Pfannenschmidt

Based on: Maria Riva

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Joseph Vilsmaier

Assistant camera / focus puller: Helmfried Kober

2nd Camera unit: Peter von Haller

Steadicam: Michael Bartlett

Optical effects: Stephan Trojansky

Lighting design: Niels Maier

Decor

Production design: Cornelia Ott; Christian Schäfer; Uwe Szielasko

Prop master: Marcus Haendgen

Make-up artist: Ruth Philipp; Heiner Niehues; Gerlinde Kunz; Gerhard Nemetz

Costume design: Ute Hofinger; Lisy Christl

Production design: Rolf Zehetbauer

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Barbara Hennings

Assistant editor: Gabriele Kröber

Sound editor: Lisa Geffken-Reinhard

Sound: Wolfgang Wirtz

Foley artist: Jo Fürst

Audio mixing: Michael Kranz

Music

Music: Harald Kloser

Production

Producer: Joseph Vilsmaier; Katharina M. Trebitsch; Jutta Lieck-Klenke

Executive Producer: Joseph Vilsmaier

Editorial department: Hans Janke; Hans Jahnke

Line producer: Peter Sterr

Unit production manager: Anja Stadelmann; Ralf Weinfurtner

Location manager: Hans Peter Abts

Production coordination: Pamela Stahl

Production assistant: Corinna Jahn

Production manager: Henning Rothkopf; Manfred Mittelbach

Companies

Production company: TPI Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH; Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH

in Co-Production: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF); Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)

in Co-Operation: Studio Babelsberg GmbH