ultra violence

Helena; cinephile, bibliophile, history buff, feminist
expect an excessive amount of film, tv, literature, Old Hollywood, Imperial Russia, Stanley Kubrick, Ingmar Bergman and Twin Peaks





Marlene Dietrich at a recording studio, 1952 by Eve Arnold

Marlene Dietrich at a recording studio, 1952 by Eve Arnold





When I needed your faith, you withheld it; and now, when I don’t need it, and don’t deserve it, you give it to me. - Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lily from 1932’s Shanghai Express

When I needed your faith, you withheld it; and now, when I don’t need it, and don’t deserve it, you give it to me. - Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lily from 1932’s Shanghai Express


Marlene Dietrich is being lifted up by American soldiers onto the ocean liner of the Queen Elizabeth. She is welcoming them upon their return from Europe to New York after the second world war, July 1945.

Marlene Dietrich is being lifted up by American soldiers onto the ocean liner of the Queen Elizabeth. She is welcoming them upon their return from Europe to New York after the second world war, July 1945.


Marlene Dietrich in ‘Morocco’ (1930)




Marlene Dietrich in Morocco (1930)

Marlene Dietrich in Morocco (1930)