Movie

Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press

★ 5.6/10 · 11 votes 1984 2h 30m Released

Drama

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 Delphine Seyrig Dr. Mabuse / Grand Inquisi Tabea Blumenschein Andamana T Toyo Tanaka Chinese Servant Hollywood Irm Hermann Passat / Norn Magdalena Montezuma Golem / Norn