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The Great Yiddish Love

The Great Yiddish Love

2002•15m•Drama•Documentary

Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.

Diane Nerwen · Writer

Diane Nerwen · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime15m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 1, 2002

Actors

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

(archive footage)

Zarah Leander

Zarah Leander

(archive footage)

Molly Picon

Molly Picon

Self - Narrator (voice) (archive footage)

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