The Great Yiddish Love (2002)
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
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Marlene Dietrich as (archive footage) |
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Zarah Leander as (archive footage) |
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Molly Picon as Self - Narrator (voice) (archive footage) |
| Writing | Diane Nerwen | Writer |
| Directing | Diane Nerwen | Director |
| Sound | Alex Noyes | Sound |
| Sound | mercermedia | Sound Mixer |