Once considered one of Hollywood's premier directors, Josef von Sternberg is now remembered chiefly for his seven films with Marlene Dietrich. Actually, his main contribution to cinema is probably his handling of lighting and mise-en-scene. Sternberg (the "von" was added, as with his fellow Austrian Erich von Stroheim, to lend glamour to his name) was first and foremost a master…
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