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Acting for Douglas Sirk: Written on the Wind and The Tarnished Angels Remembered

Culled from archival interviews, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack talk about the two films directed by the legendary Douglas Sirk on which they shared top billing: WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) and THE TARNISHED ANGELS (1958). Also included in this fascinating documentary are interview clips with producer Albert Zugsmith and with Douglas Sirk himself. Contemporary film artist Allison Anders adds her own comment in a newly filmed interview. “It’s priceless stuff and includes plenty of material not found elsewhere on this release, and stick with the end credits for Albert Zugsmith’s final plea to work with Sirk again.” (Slarek, cineoutsider.com)

Germany/France 2008 · Interviews by Eckhart Schmidt and Robert Fischer · Camera: Gary Graver, Henric von Barnekow, Robert Fischer · Sound: Volker Prestin, Françoise Ettel · Edited by Robert Fischer · Produced by Robert Fischer and Vincent Paul-Boncour · With Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, Douglas Sirk, Albert Zugsmith, Allison Anders · A Fiction Factory (Munich) and Allerton Films (Paris) Co-Production · Running time: 22 minutes

PUBLISHED ON THE FOLLOWING DVDS:

Coffret Douglas Sirk, Partie 2
Duell in den Wolken (Blu-Ray)
Duell in den Wolken (DVD)
La Ronde de l’aube
The Tarnished Angeles (UK: Blu-ray)
Written on the Wind (Criterion: Blu-ray)