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Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

(1984)

March 9, 1984 2h 30m
56%
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Overview

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.

Ulrike Ottinger

Director

Top Billed Cast

VvL

Veruschka von Lehndorff

Dorian Gray / Don Luis de la Cerda

DS

Delphine Seyrig

Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville

TB

Tabea Blumenschein

Andamana

TT

Toyo Tanaka

Chinese Servant Hollywood / Narrator

IH

Irm Hermann

Passat / Norn

MM

Magdalena Montezuma

Golem / Norn

BV

Barbara Valentin

Susy / Norn

LA

Luc Alexander

HB

Horst Benrath

JB

Jonathan Briel

Dr. Spiegelwelt