Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse

1984·150'

Ulrike Ottinger

Drama

★ 5.6

Letterboxd TMDB #224756

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

Tabea Blumenschein Andamana

Toyo Tanaka Chinese Servant Hollywood / Narrator

Irm Hermann Passat / Norn

Magdalena Montezuma Golem / Norn

Barbara Valentin Susy / Norn

Luc Alexander

Horst Benrath

Jonatan Briel Dr. Spiegelwelt

Roderick Castillo

Robbie Darsano