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Also Known As Jonas Stern • Josef Sternberg • Jonas Sternberg • Josef Stern
Born May 29, 1894 • Vienna • Austria
Died December 22, 1969 (aged 75) • Los Angeles • California

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Josef von Sternberg editing a film.
Josef von Sternberg: The Blue Angel
Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in Dishonored (1931), directed by Josef von Sternberg.
(From left) Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, and Robert Allen in Crime and Punishment (1935).
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