Summary: Vienna-born, New York-raised Josef von Sternberg directed some of the most influential, stylish dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Though best known for his star-making collaborations with Marlene Dietrich, von Sternberg began his career during the final years of the silent era, dazzling audiences and critics with his film's dark visions and innovative cinematography. The titles in this...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF THR

Summary: Condemned gangster Thunderbolt Jim Lang plots revenge on the young man who stole his girlfriend and landed next to him on death row.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THU

Summary: A middle-aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with and marries a singer from a sleazy cafe. When she leaves him for another man he returns to his school as a broken old man, and dies.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2001

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLU

Dietrich, Marlene

Summary: Young princess Catherine is forced into a marriage with Peter of Russia, and becomes the Empress Catherine the Great.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection/Universal 2001

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SCA

Summary: In 1915, the Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent, a former prostitute, to spy on the Russians.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIS