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Morocco

1930 · 92 min · US

Directed by Josef von Sternberg

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

Drama · Romance

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1930 · Source: Internet Archive

Public domain presentation

Cast & Crew

Josef von Sternberg · DirectorGary Cooper · Légionnaire Tom BrownMarlene Dietrich · Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

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No subtitle tracks are currently listed.

Public Domain Source

Internet Archive

From the Reading Room

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The Birth of a Hollywood Bad Girl
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Morocco — Criterion Collection

Criterion release with essay on Sternberg's direction of Dietrich in her triumphant American debut.

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Film essay for Morocco — Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board

Official preservation essay on this milestone film in Dietrich and Sternberg's collaboration.

Article
MoMA | Josef von Sternberg's Morocco — Museum of Modern Art

Essay on Sternberg's visualizations of obsessive desire and cinematic exoticism.

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Cast

Principal players
Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Légionnaire Tom Brown

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Monsieur La Bessiere

Ullrich Haupt

Ullrich Haupt

Adjudant Caesar

Eve Southern

Eve Southern

Madame Caesar

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

Sergeant Tatoche

Paul Porcasi

Paul Porcasi

Lo Tinto

Émile Chautard

Émile Chautard

French General (uncredited)

Juliette Compton

Juliette Compton

Anna Dolores (uncredited)

Albert Conti

Albert Conti

Col. Quinnovieres (uncredited)

T

Thomas A. Curran

Minor Role (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

Theresa Harris

Camp Follower (uncredited)

L

Lillian Savin

Moroccan Tart (uncredited)

H

Harry Schultz

German Sergeant (uncredited)

Philip Sleeman

Philip Sleeman

Cafe Customer (uncredited)

Crew

Benno Vigny

writer

Lucien Ballard

cinematographer

Karl Hajos

composer

Jules Furthman

writer

Lee Garmes

cinematographer

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