Josef von Sternberg is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Art Direction, Music and Cinematography Autriche-hongrie born on 29 may 1894 at Vienna (Austria)
Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg participated to
41 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
6 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Director
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Directed by William Dieterle,
Otto Brower,
David Selznick,
Josef von Sternberg,
King Vidor,
William Cameron Menzies,
Sidney FranklinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about capital punishmentActors Jennifer Jones,
Joseph Cotten,
Gregory Peck,
Lionel Barrymore,
Herbert Marshall,
Lillian GishRating66%
Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish)., 1h20
Directed by Josef von SternbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Adventure,
Historical,
Crime,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
Film se déroulant dans un trainActors Marlene Dietrich,
Clive Brook,
Anna May Wong,
Warner Oland,
Eugene Pallette,
Émile ChautardRating72%
In 1931, China is embroiled in a civil war. Friends of British Captain Donald "Doc" Harvey (Clive Brook) envy him because the fabulously notorious Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) is a fellow passenger on the express train from Beiping to Shanghai. Since the name means nothing to him, they inform him that she is a "coaster" or "woman who lives by her wits along the China coast" – in other words, a courtesan. On the journey, Harvey encounters Lily, who turns out to be his former lover, Magdalen. Five years earlier, she had played a trick on Harvey to gauge his love for her, but it backfired and he left her. She frankly informs him that, in the interim, "It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily." When Lily makes it clear that she still cares deeply for him, it becomes apparent that his feelings also have not changed, and he shows her the watch she gave him with her photograph still in it., 1h44
Directed by Victor Fleming,
Josef von Sternberg,
Julien DuvivierOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Luise Rainer,
Miliza Korjus,
Lionel Atwill,
Henry Hull,
Hugh Herbert,
Curt BoisRating64%
The highly fictionalised story sees 'Schani' dismissed from his job in a bank. He puts together a group of unemployed musicians who wangle a performance at Dommayer's cafe. The audience is minimal, but when two opera singers, Carla Donner and Fritz Schiller, visit whilst their carriage is being repaired, the music attracts a wider audience., 1h32
Directed by Henry Hathaway,
Josef von SternbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
French war films,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Gary Cooper,
Marlene Dietrich,
Adolphe Menjou,
Ullrich Haupt,
Francis McDonald,
Juliette ComptonRating69%
The late 1920s. Wealthy La Bessière (Adolphe Menjou) tries to strike up an acquaintance with disillusioned nightclub singer Amy Jolly (Marlene Dietrich) on a ship bound for the French protectorate in Morocco. Though polite, she later tears up and tosses away his calling card. They meet again at the nightclub where she is the headliner., 1h29
Directed by Henry Hathaway,
Josef von Sternberg,
Arthur RossonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Gangster filmsActors Clive Brook,
George Bancroft,
Evelyn Brent,
Larry Semon,
Fred Kohler,
Helen LynchRating74%
Boisterous gangster kingpin 'Bull' Weed rehabilitates the down-and-out 'Rolls Royce' Wensel, a former lawyer who has fallen into alcoholism. The two become confidants, with Rolls Royce's intelligence aiding Weed's schemes, but complications arise when Rolls Royce falls for Weed's girlfriend 'Feathers' McCoy., 1h28
Directed by Josef von SternbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Political filmsActors Emil Jannings,
Evelyn Brent,
William Powell,
Fritz Feld,
Guy Oliver,
Michael VisaroffRating79%
In 1928 Hollywood, director Leo Andreyev (William Powell) looks through photographs for actors for his next movie. When he comes to the picture of an aged Sergius Alexander (Emil Jannings), he pauses, then tells his assistant (Jack Raymond) to cast the man. Sergius shows up at the Eureka Studio with a horde of other extras and is issued a general's uniform. As he is dressing, another actor complains that his continual head twitching is distracting. Sergius apologizes and explains that it is the result of a great shock he once experienced.