Blonde Venus

1932

Action / Drama

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 73% · 60 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 6387 6.4K

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Plot summary

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

Director

Josef von Sternberg Photo
Josef von Sternberg

Top cast

Sidney Toler Photo
Sidney Toler as Detective Wilson
Marlene Dietrich Photo
Marlene Dietrich as Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
Dennis O'Keefe Photo
Dennis O'Keefe as Minor Role
Robert Emmett O'Connor Photo
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Dan O'Connor
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764.9 MB
988*720
English 2.0
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Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.47 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by talisencrw 9 / 10

It's mesmerizing to watch von Sternberg and Dietrich

It's mesmerizing to watch von Sternberg and Dietrich at work in this melodrama, and fun to watch both her and Cary Grant in early roles before they became household names and cinematic legends. One can't help but sense the parallel between this story (Helen giving up her family to be a star) and her real life, as von Sternberg told her to give up her family and life in Germany as he would take her to America and make her a star.
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Definitely one of Marlene Dietrich's more sensitive and

Definitely one of Marlene Dietrich's more sensitive and powerful - though not sentimental - performances as a wife and mother whose husband (Herbert Marshall) becomes ill with Radium poisoning. Faced with mounting bills for his expensive treatment in Germany, she returns to her previous work as a cabaret singer and is soon involved with millionaire "Nick Townsend" (Cary Grant). Marshall is heartbroken to discover her infidelity and there ensues a sort of cat-and-mouse game as she and her son flee and try to stay one step ahead of her chasing husband and authorities. The three principals deliver strong performances and who will ever forget "Hot Voodoo" performed in the gorilla costume? The son (Dickie Moore) is quite cute and albeit briefly, contributes to the tensions later in the film quite convincingly. Allegedly, the censors had a field day with this but what is left still flows well under Von Sternberg's able, if not exactly flamboyant, direction.
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