In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar Germany and her relationship to her native country during and after World War II.
Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well as Dietrich's role as a Hollywood icon.
