Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon - 2010

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police report states: probable suicide. But there are many things that point to murder: a corpse draped too beautifully, an investigation that was cut short, evidence that disappeared. Plus Marilyn's affairs with the then US President John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby. What really happened on that fateful summer night? After her housekeeper discovers the body, six hours pass before the police are called. She finds a beautifully draped corpse, sleeping pills in the blood but no pill residue in the stomach, witnesses who seem uncertain. The first investigator thinks about murder - and is taken off the case. Today no police files can be found.

59min
2010
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.5/10

Cast

Marilyn Monroe profile pictureMarilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy profile pictureJohn F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
Jonathan Gilmore profile pictureJonathan GilmoreSelf (archive footage)
Joe DiMaggio profile pictureJoe DiMaggioSelf (archive footage)

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Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon Overview

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police report states: probable suicide. But there are many things that point to murder: a corpse draped too beautifully, an investigation that was cut short, evidence that disappeared. Plus Marilyn's affairs with the then US President John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby. What really happened on that fateful summer night? After her housekeeper discovers the body, six hours pass before the police are called. She finds a beautifully draped corpse, sleeping pills in the blood but no pill residue in the stomach, witnesses who seem uncertain. The first investigator thinks about murder - and is taken off the case. Today no police files can be found.

Runtime: 59min

Extra details

Original Title: Marilyn Monroe - Tod einer Ikone
Original Language: German
Directed By: Eckhart Schmidt
Production Companies
Raphaela Film GmbHPreview Release GmbHPalm ProductionsWalgroove Entertainment