Sehnsucht nach Frauen: Dorothy Arzner

Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

By the time director Katja Raganelli arrived in California to make a film about Dorothy Arzner in 1980, Arzner had passed away in a car accident. Nonetheless, Raganelli visited Arzner’s desert home and retraced the pioneering filmmaker’s career in this documentary, using Arzner’s trove of photographs, as well as interviews with her leading lady Esther Ralston, to create this nuanced portrait of a woman who bucked every norm and defied societal expectation.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
47 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
47 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Dec 31, 1983
Season
1983
Ratings
0
Popularity
0
Favorites
0
Reviews
0
Producers
Diorama Films
Genres
Documentary
Country
DE
English
Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

Description

By the time director Katja Raganelli arrived in California to make a film about Dorothy Arzner in 1980, Arzner had passed away in a car accident. Nonetheless, Raganelli visited Arzner’s desert home and retraced the pioneering filmmaker’s career in this documentary, using Arzner’s trove of photographs, as well as interviews with her leading lady Esther Ralston, to create this nuanced portrait of a woman who bucked every norm and defied societal expectation.

Immersion

Japanese

Characters

Staff

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