The Great Yiddish Love

Synopsis

Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.

Director

Diane Nerwen

Written by

Diane Nerwen

Released

1 January 2002

Genres

Drama, Documentary