The most scandalous memoir about Marlene Dietrich, written by her daughter. "The biography of a mother is not a daughter's business," Dietrich's fans declared; someone even started a rumor that Marlene Dietrich died after reading what her beloved only daughter wrote about her. But this book is the most detailed, honest and fascinating biography of the greatest movie star, femme fatale, sex symbol of the twentieth century. Maria Riva's memoirs are also unique in that they are based on a huge number of documents from the family archive — letters, telegrams, notes and Dietrich's diaries. In the pages of this book, the great Marlene appears as a complex and contradictory person, far from being an angel — but in any case, the greatest contemporary of the century, without which the past century would have been different. This is one of the best books about the golden age of Hollywood, as well as a human document of amazing psychological depth, which will be interesting to read not only for fans of classic films, but also for anyone interested in the psychology and complex relationships of mothers and daughters.