Josef von Sternberg

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Josef von Sternberg was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production, The Blue Angel (1930).

Birth Name

Jonas Sternberg

Born

Tuesday, 29 May 1894

Died

Monday, 22 December 1969

Actor Filmography

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses	Self	2015
Duels	Self - Director	2014
The Third Reich, in Color	Self	1998
Hollywood	Self	1980
Arena	Himself (archive footage)	1975
The Epic That Never Was	Himself - Director / Self - Director	1965
Camera Three	Self	1956
Anatahan	Narrator / Narrator (voice)	1953
1925 Studio Tour	Self - a Director / Himself	1925

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Actor Filmography

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses	Self	2015
Duels	Self - Director	2014
The Third Reich, in Color	Self	1998
Hollywood	Self	1980
Arena	Himself (archive footage)	1975
The Epic That Never Was	Himself - Director / Self - Director	1965
Camera Three	Self	1956
Anatahan	Narrator / Narrator (voice)	1953
1925 Studio Tour	Self - a Director / Himself	1925

Director Filmography

Jet Pilot	1957
Anatahan	1953
Macao	1952
Duel in the Sun	1947
The Town	1944
The Shanghai Gesture	1942
I Take This Woman	1940
Sergeant Madden	1939
The Great Waltz	1938
The King Steps Out	1936
Crime and Punishment	1935
The Devil Is a Woman	1935
The Scarlet Empress	1934
Blonde Venus	1932
Shanghai Express	1932
An American Tragedy	1931
Dishonored	1931
Morocco	1930
The Blue Angel	1930
Thunderbolt	1929
The Docks of New York	1928
Street of Sin	1928
The Dragnet	1928
The Last Command	1928
Underworld	1927
Children of Divorce	1927
It	1927
Exquisite Sinner	1926
A Woman of the Sea	1926
The Salvation Hunters	1925