

Blonde Venus
What could she do but flee from love? She loved two men at once!
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.
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- Language
- English
- prostitute
- love triangle
- germany
- nightclub
- deceived husband
- radium
- romance
- chemist
- pre-code
- nightclub singer
- motherhood
- nightclub entertainer
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United StatesUS
- Premiere14 Sept 1932
- Theatrical23 Sept 1932
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP25 Nov 1932
GermanyDE
- Theatrical18 Nov 1933
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1514 Dec 1932
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Blonde Venus was released on 23 September 1932.
Audience reviews
2- T9/10
talisencrw
2/26/2016
It's mesmerizing to watch von Sternberg and Dietrich at work in this melodrama, and fun to watch both her and Cary Grant in early roles before they became household names and cinematic legends. One can't help but sense the parallel between this story (Helen giving up her family to be a star) and her real life, as von Sternberg told her to give up her family and life in Germany as he would take her to America and make…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/13/2022
Definitely one of Marlene Dietrich's more sensitive and powerful - though not sentimental - performances as a wife and mother whose husband (Herbert Marshall) becomes ill with Radium poisoning. Faced with mounting bills for his expensive treatment in Germany, she returns to her previous work as a cabaret singer and is soon involved with millionaire "Nick Townsend" (Cary Grant). Marshall is heartbroken to discover her…
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