El crepúsculo de los dioses (1950)
Joe Gillis es un joven escritor de segunda fila que, acosado por sus acreedores, se refugia casualmente en la mansión de Norma Desmond, antigua estrella del cine mudo, que vive fuera de la realidad, acompañada únicamente de su fiel criado Max. A partir de ese momento, la actriz pretende que Joe corrija un guión que ella ha escrito y que va a significar su regreso al cine.
Directora:
Billy Wilder
Escritores:
Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Billy Wilder.
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William Holden as Joe Gillis |
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Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond |
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Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling |
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Nancy Olson as Betty Schaefer |
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Fred Clark as Sheldrake |
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Lloyd Gough as Morino |
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Jack Webb as Artie Green |
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Franklyn Farnum as Undertaker |
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Larry J. Blake as 1st Finance Man |
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Charles Dayton as 2nd Finance Man |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Cecil B. DeMille |
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Hedda Hopper as Hedda Hopper |
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Buster Keaton as Buster Keaton |
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Anna Q. Nilsson as Anna Q. Nilsson |
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H.B. Warner as H.B. Warner |
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Ray Evans as Ray Evans |
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Jay Livingston as Jay Livingston |
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Fred Aldrich as Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited) |
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Joel Allen as Prop Man #2 (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Anne Bauchens as Editor (uncredited) |
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Edward Biby as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Danny Borzage as Accordionist (uncredited) |
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Ken Christy as Homicide Captain (uncredited) |
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Ruth Clifford as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) |
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John Cortay as Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited) |
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Archie R. Dalzell as Camera Operator (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dew as Assistant Coroner (uncredited) |
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Julia Faye as Hisham (uncredited) |
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Al Ferguson as Phone Standby (uncredited) |
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Gerry Ganzer as Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited) |
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Rudy Germane as Detective (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Gibson as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) |
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Creighton Hale as Creighton Hale (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hamilton as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited) |
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Len Hendry as Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
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E. Mason Hopper as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Stan Johnson as First Assistant Director (uncredited) |
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Tiny Jones as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited) |
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Howard Joslin as Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
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Arthur Lane as Camera Operator (uncredited) |
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Perc Launders as Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited) |
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William Meader as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Messinger as Hairdresser (uncredited) |
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Harold Miller as Man on Golf Course (uncredited) |
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Howard Negley as Police Captain (uncredited) |
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John 'Skins' Miller as Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited) |
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Lee Miller as Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited) |
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Ralph Montgomery as Prop Man #1 (uncredited) |
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Bert Moorhouse as Gordon Cole (uncredited) |
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Jay Morley as Fat Man (uncredited) |
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Eva Novak as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Frank O'Connor as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited) |
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Jack Perrin as Detective (uncredited) |
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Sidney Skolsky as Sidney Skolsky (uncredited) |
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Emmett Smith as Black Man (uncredited) |
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Archie Twitchell as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) |
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Yvette Vickers as Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited) |
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Henry Wilcoxon as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited) |
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James Hawley as Camera Assistant (uncredited) |
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Bernice Mosk as Bernice (uncredited) |
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Virginia L. Randolph as Courtier (uncredited) |
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Bill Sheehan as Second Assistant Director (uncredited) |
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Roy Thompson as Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited) |
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Jack Warden as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Finn Zirzow as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited) |
| Directing | Billy Wilder | Director |
| Writing | Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Production | Charles Brackett | Producer |
| Production | Hugh Brown | Production Manager |
| Sound | Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Editing | Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Writing | D.M. Marshman Jr. | Screenplay |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Art | John Meehan | Art Direction |
| Art | Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Billy Wilder | Screenplay |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Frank Bracht | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nellie Manley | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Art | Gene Lauritzen | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Otto Pierce | Camera Operator |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Sidney Cutner | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Silvera | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Jack Colconda | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Norris Stensland | Technical Advisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hazel Hegarty | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Lighting | Walter Tayler | Gaffer |
| Crew | Ronnie Lubin | Dialogue Coach |
| Camera | Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Fitzharris | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Tomei | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Doane Harrison | Supervising Editor |
| Art | Tom Plews | Props |
| Camera | Fred True | Grip |
| Directing | Gerd Oswald | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Thayer | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Harlow Stengel | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Steve Beers | Head Carpenter |