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S3E7: Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich
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Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings were two of the biggest stars in both Weimar Germany and Hollywood in the early 20th century…they’re not that bothered about each other, but they would star together in The Blue Angel, filmed precisely as Wall Street crashed, catapulting them off into wildly different directions, personally, professionally and politically.
This episode began as an attempt to check in with these two people in 1945, and whilst we do that, they're too interesting to confine to that one time!
We kick off with Jannings, because you have to eat your slightly rotten cabbage before you get to a delicious cream-topped strudel like Marlene…we don’t make the rules. Who had better legs? Who literally tried hiding behind their Oscar? How many tangents can we get into one episode?! Find out and please enjoy this romp through movie history, the 20th century, and don't worry, some WAR!
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Mixed and Produced by Alex Griffiths
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📚 Sources:
Jannings: The Portrait of an Actor. Liam Ó Laoghaire
Berlin Year Zero: The Making of "The Blue Angel"
John Baxter
MINISTRY OF ILLUSION: German Film 1933-1945
Eric Rentschler
For Posterity’s Sake: Emil Jannings’ Autobiographical (Self-)Denazification
By Wesley Kirkpatrick
Hadley Meares, Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/which-best-actor-winner-allegedly-once-shouted-dont-shoot-i-have-won-an-oscar-4146311/
You Must Remember This Podcast, Karina Longworth: https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/2/10/star-wars-episode-vi-marlene-dietrich-at-war-ymrt-32
Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography, Charlotte Chandler
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