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68% Critic Match
Blonde Venus
“What could she do but flee from love? She loved two men at once!”
6.8 / 10• 1932• 1h 33m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
Cast & Crew
Marlene Dietrich
Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones
Lead
Herbert Marshall
Edward 'Ned' Faraday
Cary Grant
Nick Townsend
Dickie Moore
Johnny Faraday
Gene Morgan
Ben Smith
Rita La Roy
'Taxi Belle' Hooper
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Dan O'Connor
Sidney Toler
Detective Wilson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Josef von Sternberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Blonde Venus is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
