Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (1984)
Overview
The final installment in Ulrike Ottinger’s Berlin Trilogy (following TICKET OF NO RETURN and FREAK ORLANDO) casts Delphine Seyrig as the nefarious Fritz Lang supervillain Dr. Mabuse, here the head of a powerful media empire that seeks to create headlines by manufacturing (and then publicly destroying) its own celebrity: the wealthy, handsome playboy Dorian Gray.
Cast
Veruschka von Lehndorff
Dorian Gray / Don Luis de la Cerda
Delphine Seyrig
Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisitor of Seville
Irm Hermann
Passat / Norn
Magdalena Montezuma
Golem / Norn
Barbara Valentin
Susy / Norn
Jonatan Briel
Dr. Spiegelwelt
Gary Indiana
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