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Der Blaue Engel aka The Blue Angel (1930) FR #677 | Movie | Musical, Drama | Germany, Russia | German, French
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Director Josef Von Sternberg
Writer Heinrich Mann, Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmoller
Cast Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron
Plot An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
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Shanghai Express (1932) FR #2201 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, Cantonese
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Director Josef Von Sternberg
Writer Jules Furthman, Harry Hervey
Cast Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong
Plot A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
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The Scarlet Empress (1934) FR #3190 | Movie | History, Drama | USA | English
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Director Josef Von Sternberg
Writer Manuel Komroff, Eleanor Mcgeary
Cast Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Plot A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
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The Docks Of New York (1928) FR #3684 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
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Director Josef Von Sternberg
Writer Jules Furthman, John Monk Saunders, Julian Johnson
Cast George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova
Plot A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
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The Last Command (1928) FR #3685 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English
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Director Josef Von Sternberg
Writer Lajos Biro, John F. Goodrich, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell
Plot A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
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Morocco (1930) FR #4193 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English, Arabic
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Director Josef Von Sternberg
Writer Jules Furthman, Benno Vigny
Cast Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou
Plot A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
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Editorial Best Josef Von Sternberg Movies/TV Shows collects the director’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
