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Director Josef von Sternberg first encountered Marlene Dietrich in 1929 while he was in Berlin to direct the film The Blue Angel for the UFA film studio. Upon seeing her, he cast her in the breakthrough role of the nightclub singer Lola Lola, a performance that launched her international career and began their long-standing professional collaboration.12