Marlene Dietrich

Life and Legend

Steven Bach author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Published:16th Mar '11

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From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews-including conversations with Dietrich-this is the life story of one of the century’s greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe.

"The finest picture-star biography I have read." -Peter Bogdanovich, Los Angeles Times "Dietrich will never have a more meticulous, eloquent, or sympathetic biographer." -Times Literary Supplement "If you open it to the right pages in the right mood, you can practically hear the applause still ringing." -New York Times Book Review

ISBN: 9780816675845

Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 36mm

Weight: unknown

640 pages