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Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

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1932

Release Year

93 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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.

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Keywords

prostitute
love triangle
germany
nightclub
deceived husband
radium
romance
chemist
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nightclub singer
motherhood
nightclub entertainer
mother child separation
cabaret singer
kept woman
fallen woman
adulterous wife
wife leaves husband
sick husband

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Reviews(2)

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talisencrw

February 26, 2016

9
9/10

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

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 13, 2022

7
7/10

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 ca

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