Dishonored
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Josef von Sternberg
Dishonored is a 1931 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures romantic spy film directed and edited by Josef von Sternberg, who also cowrote the film with Daniel N. Rubin. The film stars Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz and Warner Oland. Costume design was provided by Travis Banton in one of his several collaborations with Dietrich.
Trivia
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Sternberg based the story loosely on the exploits and demise of Dutch spy Mata Hari, with the screenplay written by Daniel Nathan Rubin.
- The title Dishonored was selected by studio executives over Sternberg's objections.
- Sternberg said that "the lady spy was not dishonored, but killed by firing squad" and felt that the title would distort the significance of her death.
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 1 Festival
2,456 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (April 22, 1931)
Original Run: April 22, 1931 (Wednesday - Friday)
All runs on record (7):
- April 22, 1931 (Wednesday - Friday)Marlene Dietrich
- February 14, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ The Scarlet Empress, Blonde Venus, The Devil Is a Woman
- October 8 - 9, 1990 · 222 ticketsw/ The Song of Songs
- June 15 - 18, 1992 · 756 ticketsw/ The Devil Is a Woman
- November 1 - 3, 1995 · 560 ticketsw/ The Devil Is a Woman
- January 4 - 6, 2002 · 539 ticketsw/ Shanghai Express
- March 20 - 21, 2025 · 379 ticketsLubitsch, Mamoulian, Sternberg Three Great Directorsw/ Blonde Venus