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Josef von Sternberg Filmography

Poster of Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express (1932)

In the tumultuous year of 1931, a time of civil unrest in China, an array...

Poster of The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York (1928)

In the heart of New York's grimy waterfront, Bill Roberts toils as a stoker aboard...

Poster of Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus (1932)

In the enchanting wilderness of the Black Forest, American chemist Ned Faraday's path intertwines with...

Poster of The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

In the colorful whirl of a Spanish carnival at the dawn of the Twentieth Century,...

Poster of It

It (1927)

In the bustling heart of Waltham's department store, Betty Lou, an unassuming shopgirl, secretly adores...

Poster of The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture (1941)

In the pulsating heart of Shanghai, thrill-seeker Poppy stumbles upon a casino run by the...

Poster of An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy (1931)

Clyde Griffiths, a young man on the cusp of adulthood, is the lone son of...

Poster of The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Young Princess Sophia of Germany is taken to Russia to marry the half-wit Grand Duke...

Poster of Dishonored

Dishonored (1931)

The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.

Poster of Underworld

Underworld (1927)

'Nobody helps me -- I help them!' boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed, handing over what...

Poster of Anatahan

Anatahan (1953)

In June 1944, twelve Japanese seaman are stranded on an abandoned-and-forgotten island called An-ta-han for...

Poster of Children of Divorce

Children of Divorce (1927)

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman,...