Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner
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.
- Overview
- Cast
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Longing for Women: Dorothy Arzner
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 31, 1983
Runtime
0h 47m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Sehnsucht nach Frauen: Dorothy Arzner
Production Companies
Diorama Films
Director
Katja Raganelli
Description
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.
