!!!Sternberg, Josef von

Sternberg, Josef von (originally Jonas Sternberg), b. Vienna, May 
29, 1894, d. Los Angeles (USA), Dec. 22, 1969, film director. 
From 1908 lived almost permanently in the USA, 1924 made his first 
film, breakthrough as director of silent films with "Underworld" 1927. 
1930 produced the sound film "Der blaue Engel" in Germany, making 
Marlene Dietrich a world star; subsequently produced six other films 
with her. After an eventful career he dissociated himself from his 
previous works 1948, had his valuable art collection put up for 
auction, and as his own producer made the film "The Saga of Anatahan" 
(1952), his artistic legacy; from 1963 lecturer at the University of 
California. Was a friend of e.g. M.  Reinhardt and R.  Neutra, who 
built him a villa near New York.

!Further works
Silent films: The Last Command, 1928 (with E. 
Jannings); The Drag Net, 1928; The Docks of New York, 1928. - sound 
films: The Case of Lena Smith, 1929; Thunderbolt, 1929; Morocco, 1930; 
Dishonored, 1931; An American Tragedy, 1931; Shanghai Express, 1932; 
The Scarlet Empress, 1934; The Devil is a Woman, 1935; Crime and 
Punishment, 1935 (with P. Lorre); Shanghai Gesture, 1941; The Town, 
1943 (documentary film); Jet Pilot, 1950 (with J. Wayne); Macao, 1952 
(with R. Mitchum and J. Russell). - __Publication:__ Das Blau des Engels, 
1991 (autobiography).

!Literature
A. Goetz and H. Banz (eds.), J. v. S. Eine 
Darstellung, 1966; H. Sanders-Brahms, Marlene und Jo. Recherche 
einer Leidenschaft, 2000.


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