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Film still from Knight Without Armour (1937)

Photograph
ca. 1937 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
London Film Productions (photographers)

An unmounted black and white film still, depicting an exterior scene. Outside of a large house, a woman wearing a long white robe (Marlene Dietrich) stands in front of a crowd of people armed with weapons.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Film and Cinema
Object type
photograph
TitleFilm still from Knight Without Armour (1937) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Bromide Process
Brief description
Photograph by London Film Productions, 'Film still from Knight Without Armour (1937)', bromide print, ca. 1937
Physical description
An unmounted black and white film still, depicting an exterior scene. Outside of a large house, a woman wearing a long white robe (Marlene Dietrich) stands in front of a crowd of people armed with weapons.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 20.3cm
  • Paper width: 25.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • LFP22/43' (white inscription, recto, paper)
  • London Film Productions Ltd. ink copyright stamp/London Film Productions present, "Knight Without Armour", Directed by Jacques Feyder, Marlene Dietrich (right) as Countess Alexandra. She is seen in the grounds of her villa near St. Petersburg, after finding that all her servants and staff have left her to join the revolutionaries, and the people who were once her friends are now her most bitter enemies, fighting against the Russian aristocracy. A crowd of soldiers and peasants rush towards her, and she is dragged away and imprisoned in her home. (Stencil no: L.F.P.22/5.)' (ink stamp, paper typed label, verso, paper)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Film Stills
Actors
Dietrich, Marlene
Other numbers
  • 1002 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F.9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1780-2024

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Record createdJune 12, 2024
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1782942/film-still-from-knight-without-photograph-london-film-productions/
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