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8.1/10   155 votes
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Director:
David Riva
Writer:
Karin Kearns (writer)
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Release Date:
21 March 2002 (Germany) more
Plot:
The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Dietrich Comes Home more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Burt Bacharach ... Himself
André G. Brunelin ... Himself

Rosemary Clooney ... Herself
Buck Dawson ... Himself
Alfred Hens ... Himself
Beate Klarsfeld ... Herself
Hildegard Knef ... Herself
Volker Kühn ... Himself
Thomas Langhoff ... Himself
A.C. Lyles ... Himself
Elisabeth McIntosh ... Herself
Felix Moeller ... Himself

Barney Oldfield ... Himself
Maria Riva ... Herself
Volker Schlöndorff ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
Germany | USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Germany:6 | Spain:T
Filming Locations:
Berlin, Germany more
Company:
APG more

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References Blonde Venus (1932) more
Soundtrack:
Look Me Over Closely more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Dietrich Comes Home, 1 November 2002
8/10
Author: richard-mason from Sydney, Australia

It's far from the first documentary about Dietrich, but as far as I know, this is the first to tell her story from a specifically German point of view. It's how she viewed her homeland, especially during the long years abroad, that is the prism this film uses to look at the familiar material.

However, not all of the material is familiar -- there are a lot of home movies not seen before (the advantage of having your grandson as the film maker), and Dietrich's daughter (mother of the film maker) is by far the most revealing Talking Head.

Dietrich's anti- Nazi efforts during the Second World War, fuelled by her passion for French Freedom Fighter Jean Gabin as much as patriotism, form a central part of the narrative, along with her conflicting emotions over helping the Allied war effort while her mother was still in Berlin.

A new take on a well-known story, and well worth a visit

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