Glimpses into the Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin
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Marlene Dietrich on a paratrooper practice jump with the 82nd Airborne Division, Soissons in northern France, 13 March 1945
Photo: George Norton
Rights: This image was taken by a soldier or employee of the US army as part of their official duties. As a work of the US government, the image is in the public domain.
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Class photo from the Viktoria Luisen School; Marlene Dietrich with a notably large bow is the second from right in the front row; Berlin-Wilmersdorf, 1918
Photo: Lenning von der Wande
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Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich visit Charlie Chaplin on the set of ‘City Lights’ (USA, 1931, directed by Charlie Chaplin) in Los Angeles
Photo: Hyman Fink
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Custom sketch for a shoulderless show dress with flowers and cloth swatch
Design: Jean Louis, Los Angeles, 1950s
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Show jacket made of yellow rooster feathers, cross weave with tightly applied feathers (up to 60cm long), worn with a yellow show costume covered in yellow shimmering rhinestones
Design: Jean Louis, Los Angeles, 1959, produced by Elizabeth Courtney
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Photograph from Beate Klarsfeld, with dedication dated 8 August 1985: “For Marlene Dietrich in tremendous admiration of a brave anti-Nazi fighter and magnificent actress”. German/French journalist Beate Klarsfeld was herself known for her dedication to the pursuit and clarification of Nazi crimes. The photo was taken in 1984 as part of a program honoring Beate Klarsfeld by French president François Mitterand as a “Knight of the Legion of Honor”.
Photo: Daniel Franck, © Daniel Franck / Klarsfeld Foundation
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“Washing with snow” in Ardennes, January 1945, with handwritten comment by Marlene Dietrich from the 1980s.
This work is copyrighted. With friendly support from the International Center for Photography, New York.
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Marlene Dietrich during a performance in Pilsen, in liberated Bohemia, where the US troops met the Red Army in May 1945. The performances were open to American and Russian soldiers.
Photo: Mirko Křen
Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / © Mirko Křen / Jana Křenova -
Portrait photo of Marlene Dietrich with cravat, vintage print, Los Angeles, early 1930s
Photo: Eugene Robert Richee
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Marlene Dietrich visits a restaurant with daughter Maria, Los Angeles, March 1934
Photo: Hyman Fink
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Dietrich family photo, with mother Josefine Wilhelmine Elisabeth, father Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and daughter Marie Magdalene, known as Marlene. Her sister Elisabeth Ottilie Josefine Dietrich, two years older, was originally seen to the left of the mother but was cropped out, Berlin, 1906
Photo: Erich Sellin
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Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich, New York, 1944
Photo: Hyman Fink
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Sandalwood bracelet with gold disc, produced by jeweler René Boivin, Paris, 1933. The bracelet was a gift from Paris Prefect of Police Jean Chiappe for Marlene Dietrich and bears the inscription: “Á Marlene Dietrich la Police de Paris reconnaissante, le Préfeto Jean Chiappe, 13 / 6 / 33”
Photo: Michael Lüder
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Kimono from Lola Fröhlich from ‘Der blaue Engel’ (Germany, 1930, directed by Josef von Sternberg)
Costume design: Tihamér Varady, produced by Theaterkunst GmbH, Berlin, 1929
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Promotional photo, created during film production for ‘The Lady is Willing’ (USA, 1941, Director: Mitchell Leisen). Marlene Dietrich’s handwritten comments on the photo editing date from the 1980s.
Photo: A. L. Whitey Schafer
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Fan gift to Marlene Dietrich: Badge with a Star of David and the dedication “For Marlene Dietrich – Paris Nov. 1945 – from Georg Zadik”
Photo: Michael Lüder
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Costume design of a black show dress with rhinestones and sequins, including coat and fur trimming, Los Angeles, ca. 1953. The costume, prepared by Elizabeth Courtney, was worn by Marlene Dietrich to her first engagement in Las Vegas, 1953.
Design: Jean Louis
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Marlene Dietrich in a performance costume, on a US army tank in Gillrath bei Geilenkirchen in February 1945. The handwritten comments by Marlene Dietrich are from the 1980s.
Photo: Lin Mayberry
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Photograph from Ernest Hemingway for Marlene Dietrich, with dedication: “For my dearest Kraut with all my love Papa. 1934 – 1959 – always ok EH”, 1959, Ottawa
Photo: Yousuf Karsh
Rights: Camera Press, UK / The Estate of Yousuf Karsh, © Yousuf Karsh/Camera Press -
Marlene Dietrich in a red knit sweater from Knize, Los Angeles, 1940
Photo: Ray Jones
