The Song of Songs (UK)

The Song of Songs (UK) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Czech ( Subtitles )
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1933 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Rouben Mamoulian

Written By:
Hermann Sudermann
Edward Sheldon

Actors:
Marlene Dietrich ..... Lily Czepanek
Brian Aherne ..... Richard Waldow
Lionel Atwill ..... Baron von Merzbach
Alison Skipworth ..... Mrs. Rasmussen
Hardie Albright ..... Von Prell
Helen Freeman ..... Fräulein Von Schwertfeger
Wilson Benge ..... Butler (uncredited)
Richard Bennett ..... Baron von Merzbach (replaced by Lionel Atwill) (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt ..... French Teacher (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ..... Cleric (uncredited)
Florence Roberts ..... Book Store Customer (uncredited)
Hans Schumm ..... Bit Part (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace ..... Admirer (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ..... Butler at Baron von Merzbach's (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Song of Songs was the first Marlene Dietrich vehicle not directed by Dietrich's "Svengali," Josef von Sternberg. The star plays a zaftig German peasant girl who becomes a nude model (anything to get her out of those ill-fitting 1890s costumes!) She falls in love with a struggling sculptor (Brian Aherne), but her ambitions get the better of her and she marries a hedonistic baron (Lionel Atwill). Leaving her husband, Dietrich sinks further down the social scale by becoming a cabaret singer. She is eventually reunited with the sculptor, but not before smashing the nude statue based on her voluptuous frame, thereby symbolically purging her checkered past. Song of Songs was based on a Herman Sudermann novel, previously adapted into a stage play and then filmed twice during the silent era.

Story of a young country girl's love for sculptor, her disillusionment, marriage to a wealthy Baron and the tragic consequences of her meeting with her former lover.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 24 November, 2009.

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