The Song of Songs | |
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Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
Written by | Hermann Sudermann (novel) Edward Sheldon (play) Leo Birinsky Samuel Hoffenstein Rouben Mamoulien (uncredited) |
Starring | Marlene Dietrich Brian Aherne Lionel Atwill |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date(s) | July 19, 1933 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Song of Songs (1933) is a romantic drama film starring Marlene Dietrich as a naive, German peasant who moves to Berlin and suffers much heartache. It was based on the 1908 novel Das Hohe Lied by Hermann Sudermann and the subsequent 1914 play, The Song of Songs by Edward Sheldon. A remake of the 1918 silent The Song of Songs starring Elsie Ferguson and the 1924 Lily of the Dust with Pola Negri.[1]
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