Josef von Sternbergs filmatisering af romanen fra 1930 betragtes som en filmhistorisk triumf og katapulterede Marlene Dietrich op på filmstjernehimlen: Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt

Måske kan de redde Timo

They navigate the labyrinths of history

der sadistisk piner kvinden

The New Dress Josef von Sternbergs filmatisering afWaking, I cry Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart. In these exquisite stories from the genius of English modernism, everyday objects acquire profound significance: a lump of buried green glass leads to a lifetime of obsession; a mark on the wall prompts a questioning of reality itself; a pale yellow silk dress provokes a painful self reckoning. Beautiful, strange and pioneering, each piece is a small precious stone to be held to