Books about pola negri documentary
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Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale
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Pola Negri: Life Is a Dream in Cinema
American film
Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema is a feature-length biographical documentary film by Polish-American director Mariusz Kotowski released in The film chronicles the life of Polishsilent film actress Pola Negri, as told by those who knew her and those who have studied her life and films.
The documentary is the first directorial work of Polish-born director Mariusz Kotowski. Kotowski had previously worked as a dancer and dance choreographer,[1] and invested three years of work and a considerable personal fortune into producing the Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema documentary.[2] He has gone on to direct the Holocaust filmEsther's Diary (, originally released as Forgiveness []), which featured a lead character built strongly on Pola Negri,[3] and the erotic psychological thriller Deeper and Deeper () starring David Lago (The Young and the Restless).[4] Kotowski al
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This documentary, directed by Mariusz Kotowski, focuses on the life and career of Polish-born actress Pola Negri. Produced by Heidi Hutter, written by Lynn Moran, and narrated by Cyndi Williams (not Cindy Williams), the documentary includes interviews with Negri’s final film costars Hayley Mills and Eli Wallach, and with Hollywood executive A.C. Lyles, author Jeanine Basinger, author Anthony Slide, author Scott Eyman, author Alfred Allan Lewis, author Emily Leider, author Tony Villeco, professor Alexis Gonzales, Negri friend George Schönbrunn and website editor David Gasten.
The rags-to-riches story traces Pola’s life from her childhood in Poland to her professional migration into German film studios. Her cinematic rise at the hands of director Ernst Lubitsch in post-war Germany led to her move to Hollywoo