"[60], Francis Wyndham offered a more critical appraisal of the phenomenon of Dietrich in concert. [12] She studied the violin[13] and became interested in theater and poetry as a teenager. Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40; Dem Gerechten muss das Licht, BWV 195; Der Friede sei mit dir, BWV 158; Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196; Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66a; Der Himmel lacht! I can't possibly talk about that!" The two women remained friends until the 1970s, as can be seen in the correspondence kept in the Marlene Dietrich archives in Berlin. [32][33], Dietrich's first film after the end of her partnership with von Sternberg was Frank Borzage's Desire (1936) with Gary Cooper, a commercial success that gave Dietrich an opportunity to try her hand at romantic comedy. To these necessary elements (her own technical competence and her audience's sentimentality) Marlene Dietrich adds a third—the mysterious force of her belief in her own magic. [76], In 1982, Dietrich agreed to participate in a documentary film about her life, Marlene (1984), but refused to be filmed. Nicht weniger klar und optimistisch klingt ihr aktueller Album-Trailer und positives Lebensmotto „Alles geht“! She refused their offers and applied for U.S. citizenship in 1937. In 2002, the city of Berlin posthumously made her an honorary citizen. [85] The Marlene Dietrich Collection was sold to the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek for US$5 million, by Dietrich's heirs. Die Bank lud zum Geniessen ein. Dietrich was known to have strong political convictions and the mind to speak them. Translated from German, her memorial plaque reads, "Where have all the flowers gone" The collection includes: over 3,000 textile items from the 1920s to the 1990s, including film and stage costumes as well as over a thousand items from Dietrich's personal wardrobe; 15,000 photographs, by Sir Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst, George Hurrell, Lord Snowdon and Edward Steichen; 300,000 pages of documents, including correspondence with Burt Bacharach, Yul Brynner, Maurice Chevalier, Noël Coward, Jean Gabin, Ernest Hemingway, Karl Lagerfeld, Nancy and Ronald Reagan, Erich Maria Remarque, Josef von Sternberg, Orson Welles and Billy Wilder; as well as other items like film posters and sound recordings. The car later appeared in their first U.S. film Morocco. [48] Her last substantial film role was in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) directed by Stanley Kramer; she also presented the narrative for the documentary Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1962. [41] Dietrich, the only performer who was made aware that her recordings would be for OSS use, recorded a number of songs in German for the project, including "Lili Marleen", a favorite of soldiers on both sides of the conflict. She successfully traded on her glamorous persona and "exotic" looks, and became one of the highest-paid actresses of the era. Helene fischer Sängerin der Herzen. Beatrice egli Sängerin der Herzen. The oratorio depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as described in the Book of Genesis.. The film introduced Dietrich's signature song "Falling in Love Again", which she recorded for Electrola and later made further recordings in the 1930s for Polydor and Decca Records. Dietrich starred in many Hollywood films including, most iconically, the six vehicles directed by Sternberg – Morocco (1930) (her only Academy Award nomination), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus (both 1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Devil Is a Woman (1935) – plus Desire (1936) and Destry Rides Again (1939). And who would work if they didn't have to? In December 1941, the U.S. entered World War II, and Dietrich became one of the first public figures to help sell war bonds. [91] Vélez once said, "If I had the opportunity to do so, I would tear out Marlene Dietrich's eyes. Dietrich had a kind of platonic love for Welles, whom she considered a genius. Dietrich's show business career largely ended on 29 September 1975, when she fell from the stage and broke a thigh bone during a performance in Sydney, Australia. In 1929, Dietrich landed her breakthrough role of Lola Lola, a cabaret singer who caused the downfall of a hitherto respectable schoolmaster (played by Emil Jannings), in the UFA production of The Blue Angel (1930), shot at Babelsberg film studios. She willingly followed his sometimes imperious direction in a way that a number of other performers resisted.[29]. This was a significantly less well paid role than she had been accustomed. Her career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s.[6]. In 1992, a plaque was unveiled at Leberstraße 65 in Berlin-Schöneberg, the site of Dietrich's birth. 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Her appearances in the 1950s, included films such as Fritz Lang's Rancho Notorious, (1952) and Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution (1957). [52] This engagement was so successful that she was signed to appear at the Café de Paris in London the following year; her Las Vegas contracts were also renewed. Her mother, Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josefine (née Felsing), was from an affluent Berlin family who owned a jewelry and clock-making firm. [75] Dietrich's final on-camera film appearance was a brief appearance in Just a Gigolo (1979), starring David Bowie and directed by David Hemmings, in which she sang the title song. He had a signature use of light and shadow, including the impact of light passed through a veil or slatted window blinds (as for example in Shanghai Express). [16] In 1922, Dietrich auditioned unsuccessfully for theatrical director and impresario Max Reinhardt's drama academy;[17] however, she soon found herself working in his theatres as a chorus girl and playing small roles in dramas. 1715-04-21 Cantata Der Himmel lacht! [45], Dietrich received the Medal of Freedom in November 1947, for her "extraordinary record entertaining troops overseas during the war". Dietrich would inform the audience that she could read minds and ask them to concentrate on whatever came into their minds. Shanghai Express (1932) with Anna May Wong, which was dubbed by the critics "Grand Hotel on wheels", was von Sternberg and Dietrich's biggest box office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1932. They also awarded her with the Operation Entertainment Medal. But she had also come to rely on him in order to perform, and wrote about his leaving in her memoir: From that fateful day on, I have worked like a robot, trying to recapture the wonderful woman he helped make out of me. [31] The collaboration of one actress and director creating seven films is still unmatched in motion pictures, with the possible exception of Katharine Hepburn and George Cukor, who made ten films together over a much longer period but which were not created for Hepburn the way the last six von Sternberg/Dietrich collaborations were. (1969), Suzanne Vega's "Marlene On The Wall" (1985), and Madonna's "Vogue" (1990). die Erde jubiliert, BWV 31; Dich loben die lieblichen Strahlen der Sonne, BWV Anh. Dietrich in London, a concert album, was recorded during the run of her 1964 engagement at the Queen's Theatre. See more ideas about catholic hymns, catholic, hymn. The show was broadcast in the UK on the BBC and in the U.S. on CBS in January 1973. [63] A stage fall at the Shady Grove Music Fair in Maryland in 1973 injured her left thigh, necessitating skin grafts to allow the wound to heal. In November 1972, I Wish You Love, a version of Dietrich's Broadway show titled An Evening with Marlene Dietrich, was filmed in London. Alles geht, wenn wir nur diese Single hören, denn die hat auf jeden Fall das Prädikat „100 %Energie und Leidenschaft“ verdient! [95] In 1938, Dietrich met and began a relationship with writer Erich Maria Remarque, and in 1941, the French actor Jean Gabin. Die Erde jubilieret (Leipzig version: Easter) C maj. stbSSATB 3Tr Tmp Ob 2Oba Bas 2Vl 2Va Bc 7: 1: I/9: 41 after BWV 31.1 (same text) 00040: 31/9 chorale setting "Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist" (s. 5) SATB 7: 50: III/2.1: 56: after Z 4482a; text by Herman: 11221: 31.1 1. The French Government made her a Chevalier (later upgraded to Commandeur) of the Légion d'honneur and a Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1996, after some debate, it was decided not to name a street after her in Berlin-Schöneberg, her birthplace. If I dressed for myself I wouldn't bother at all. [79] She kept in contact with world leaders by telephone, including Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher, running up a monthly bill of over US$3,000. Rückblickend betrachtet muss ich sagen es war einfach fantastisch, herrlich genial. Three medals, including France's Legion of Honour and the U.S. Medal of Freedom, were displayed at the foot of the coffin, military style, for a ceremony symbolising the sense of duty Dietrich embodied in her career as an actress, and in her personal fight against Nazism. [7], Dietrich was born on (1901-12-27)27 December 1901 at Leberstraße 65 in the neighborhood of Rote Insel in Schöneberg, now a district of Berlin. The film is best remembered for the sequence in which she performs a song dressed in a man's white tie and kisses another woman, both provocative for the era. [44] Dietrich would later omit the existence of her sister and her sister's son from all accounts of her life, completely disowning them and claiming to be an only child. [94] During the production of Destry Rides Again, Dietrich started a love affair with co-star James Stewart, which ended after filming stopped. Was sind da schon meine Alltagsprobleme. Dietrich later remarked that she was at her most beautiful in The Devil Is a Woman. [111] ElektroCouture owner Lisa Lang said that the dress was inspired by electrical diagrams and correspondence that took place between the actress and fashion designer Jean Louis in 1958: "She wanted a dress that glows, she wanted to be able to control it herself from the stage and she knew she could have died of an electric stroke had it ever been realized." [112], Her public image included openly defying sexual norms, and she was known for her androgynous film roles and her bisexuality. She was one of the few German actresses that attained international significance. Artist. Der Himmel rief in mir ein Gefühl von Freiheit hervor. Dietrich, with encouragement from Josef von Sternberg, accepted producer Joe Pasternak's offer to play against type in her first film in two years: that of the cowboy saloon girl, Frenchie, in the western-comedy Destry Rides Again (1939), with James Stewart. Bacharach then felt he needed to devote his full-time to songwriting. [64] She was left emotionally drained by the hostility she encountered, and she left convinced never to visit again. Her father, Louis Erich Otto Dietrich, was a police lieutenant. She would later become an actress, primarily working in television. She counted Errol Flynn,[104] George Bernard Shaw, John F. Kennedy, Joe Kennedy,[105] Michael Todd, Michael Wilding, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Frank Sinatra among her conquests. or. [46] She said this was her proudest accomplishment. Fantasy Fanclub l/Schweiz. Wie schnell wir sind, wie die Welt an uns vorbeirauscht. In 1952, she had her own series on American ABC entitled, Cafe Istanbul. "I lost my faith during the war and can't believe they are all up there, flying around or sitting at tables, all those I've lost. "[108] Quoting Goethe in her autobiography, she wrote, "If God created this world, he should review his plan. Google's free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. Dietrich's return to West Germany in 1960 for a concert tour was met with mixed reception— despite a consistently negative press, vociferous protest by chauvinistic Germans who felt she had betrayed her homeland, and two bomb threats, her performance attracted huge crowds. Actress and Singer Dietrich was known for her humanitarian efforts during the war, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and even advocating their American citizenship.