The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Directed by Alexandra Dean
nazi
inventor
technology
drug addiction
world war ii
plastic surgery
biography
patent
feminist
single mother
divorce
vienna, austria
jealous husband
hollywood star
woman director
pioneer women
jewish woman
1940s
1960s
1930s
failed marriage
radio engineer
adolf hitler
life and career
biographical
biographical documentary
sex symbol
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Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
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Cast
Hedy Lamarr
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks
Self
Jeanine Basinger
Self
Peter Bogdanovich
Self
Diane Kruger
Self
Robert Osborne
Self
Michael Tilson Thomas
Self
Bill Birnes
Self
George Antheil
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Hughes
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Keegan DeWitt
Original Music Composer
Buddy Squires
Director of Photography
Susan Sarandon
Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully
Executive Producer
Eliott Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bo Bilstrup
Camera Operator
Omar Mullick
Camera Operator
Popular Reviews
31 reviews
Christine
8.0★ · 10/03/25
i know a baddie when i see one
i know a baddie when i see one
Davechild
4.0★ · 08/24/24
Great story subpar documentary
Great story subpar documentary
amelia
9.0★ · 08/24/24
she is the definition of beauty and brain
she is the definition of beauty and brain
Minnie
9.0★ · 08/16/24
oh Hedy you deserved so much better.
oh Hedy you deserved so much better.
Darc
9.9★ · 06/28/24
I've been everything but I've never been me.
Such a beautiful and sad documentary. People disregarding her inventions are the smallest people with the smallest mind. God sent us HEDY LAMARR as an apology for making men.
I've been everything but I've never been me.
Such a beautiful and sad documentary. People disregarding her inventions are the smallest people with the smallest mind. God sent us HEDY LAMARR as an apology for making men.
