A film about the world's most beautiful woman, a Hollywood goddess and her forgotten breakthrough invention that revolutionized mobile phones. A film about a mother, an emancipated woman and a failed life. The Hedy Lamarr Story tells her tale as a fusion of modern myths, constructed legends and true stories.
Direction
Elegant structure weaving glamour with technical diagrams.
Production
Rare archival footage and Lamarr's own voice recordings.
Director
Georg Misch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lamarr's frequency-hopping patent with George Antheil was finally recognized by the NSA in 1997, three years before her death.
The documentary reveals Lamarr sketched inventions until her final years, including a fluorescent dog collar—she never stopped thinking.
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