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Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Genres

Drama

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The final installment in Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlin Trilogy (following TICKET OF NO RETURN and FREAK ORLANDO) casts Delphine Seyrig as the nefarious Fritz Lang supervillain Dr. Mabuse, here the head of a powerful media empire that seeks to create headlines by manufacturing (and then publicly destroying) its own celebrity: the wealthy, handsome playboy Dorian Gray.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

150 mins

Rating

4.9/10

Release Date

09 March 1984

Country

Germany

Cast

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Dorian Gray / Don Luis de la Cerda

Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville

Tabea Blumenschein

Tabea Blumenschein

Andamana

Toyo Tanaka

Toyo Tanaka

Chinese Servant Hollywood / Narrator

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Passat / Norn

Magdalena Montezuma

Magdalena Montezuma

Golem / Norn

Barbara Valentin

Barbara Valentin

Susy / Norn

Luc Alexander

Luc Alexander

Horst Benrath

Horst Benrath

Jonathan Briel

Jonathan Briel

Dr. Spiegelwelt

Roderick Castillo

Roderick Castillo

Robbie Darsano

Robbie Darsano

Victor Dzidzonou

Victor Dzidzonou

Fritz Ewert

Fritz Ewert

Don Grant

Don Grant

Gary Indiana

Gary Indiana

Hanno Jochimsen

Hanno Jochimsen

Marianne Langfeldt

Marianne Langfeldt

Else Nabu

Else Nabu

One of the Singers at the Press Reception

Yasuko Nagata

Yasuko Nagata

Joy Peters

Joy Peters

Joachim von Ulmann

Joachim von Ulmann

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