Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1983

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Diorama Films

Cast

Heidi Treutler,Eva Mattes

Director

Katja Raganelli

Writer

Katja Raganelli

Producer

Konrad Wickler

Cinematography

Konrad Wickler

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt14936004