Marlene is no standard movie star documentary. It is a mystery story a discourse on truth and fiction a battle with a sacred monster a caustic comedy of errors and the story of the making of a film all rolled into one. Despite personally selecting Schell to make the film about her Dietrich soon fell out with the director but rather than be a liability to the film it is its saving grace rescuing it from conventionality and turning it into a unique and richly entertaining record of an encounter with a real-life legend.
Frank Zito (Joe Spinell) is a deeply disturbed man haunted by the traumas of unspeakable child abuse. When these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. He takes their scalps as souvenirs and displays them on the heads of the mannequins he keeps dotted around his dingy apartment. Eventually he begins a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro) and attempts to submerge his sick murderous urges. Yet the vile compulsions remain...
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