Morocco
(DVD) 

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Format
DVD
Edition
Six-DVD special edition, DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681434636, 1681434636, 9781681434612, 168143461X
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Edition
Six-DVD special edition, DVD special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681434636, 1681434636, 9781681434612, 168143461X
UPC
715515217118

Notes

General Note
Title from title screen; statement of responsibility and crew credits partially from boxed set's accompanying book.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
General Note
Based on the play Amy Jolly / Benno Vigny.
General Note
Full screen (1.19:1 aspect ratio).
General Note
Issued in a boxed set: Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood, which includes an accompanying book (80 pages : illustrations; 19 cm).
General Note
Special features: New interview with Janet Bergstrom; Weimar on the Pacific, a new documentary about Dietrich's German origins; brief interview with Silke Ronneburg; The Legionnaire and the lady, a 1936 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film.
General Note
Special features: 2014 interview with film scholar Janet Bergstrom discussing the production of Morocco; Weimar on the Pacific, a new documentary about Dietrich's German origins, featuring film scholars Gerd Gemünden and Noah Isenberg; Brief interview with Deutsche Kinemathek curator Silke Ronneburg on the "real" Amy Jolly; The legionnaire and the lady, a 1936 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of an adaptation of Morocco starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Lee Garmes ; editor, Sam Winston ; music, Karl Hajos.
Participants/Performers
Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt, Eve Southern.
Description
Set in Morocco, the film navigates a labyrinth of melancholy and desire as the cabaret singer Amy Jolly (Dietrich), fleeing her former life, takes her act to the shores of North Africa, where she entertains the overtures of a wealthy man of the world (Menjou) while finding herself increasingly drawn to a strapping legionnaire with a shadowy past of his own (Gary Cooper).
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 full screen; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Closed-captioned.
Awards
National Board of Review, USA 1930: Top ten films
Awards
Kinema Junpo Awards, 1932: Best foreign language film (Josef von Sternberg)
Awards
National Film Preservation Board, USA, 1992: National film registry (Narrative feature)

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Von Sternberg, J., Furthman, J., Turnbull, H., Cooper, G., Dietrich, M., Menjou, A., & Vigny, B. (2018). Morocco (Six-DVD special edition). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Josef Von Sternberg et al.. 2018. Morocco. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Josef Von Sternberg et al.. Morocco The Criterion Collection, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Von Sternberg, Josef, et al. Morocco Six-DVD special edition, The Criterion Collection, 2018.

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