Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

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1983-12-31

By the time director Katja Raganelli arrived in California to make a film about Dorothy Arzner in 1980, Arzner had passed away in a car accident. Nonetheless, Raganelli visited Arzner’s desert home and retraced the pioneering filmmaker’s career in this documentary, using Arzner’s trove of photographs, as well as interviews with her leading lady Esther Ralston, to create this nuanced portrait of a woman who bucked every norm and defied societal expectation.

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Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

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By the time director Katja Raganelli arrived in California to make a film about Dorothy Arzner in 1980, Arzner had passed away in a car accident. Nonetheless, Raganelli visited Arzner’s desert home and retraced the pioneering filmmaker’s career in this documentary, using Arzner’s trove of photographs, as well as interviews with her leading lady Esther Ralston, to create this nuanced portrait of a woman who bucked every norm and defied societal expectation.

Released

1983-12-31

Runtime

47

Director

Katja Raganelli

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

Deutsch

Production

Diorama Films

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    Eva Mattes

    Eva Mattes
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    Heidi Treutler

    Heidi Treutler