BERLIN (AFP) ― A Berlin museum will Wednesday open what it called the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of veteran U.S. film-maker Martin Scorsese, who opened his vast archive for the show.

Featuring relics such as Robert De Niro’s shirt drenched in fake blood from “Cape Fear” and his battered boxing gloves from “Raging Bull,” the show at the Museum for Film and Television offers an in-depth look at Scorsese’s half-century of cinema.

The 70-year-old Oscar winner was unable to attend the gala opening because he is editing “The Wolf of Wall Street,” his fifth picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio, whose filming was delayed by Hurricane Sandy in October.

But he said in a video message shown to reporters that he was honoured to be the subject of a show at a museum whose permanent collection is devoted to the work of icons such as Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau.

“Some of the objects you will see have literally been taken off the walls of my house and my office,” said Scorsese, who also narrates the show’s audio guide.

“I hope these objects and the exhibition ... help give you an idea or convey my lifelong passion for film.”

Scorsese made available his personal collection of scripts covered in hand-written notes, vintage posters and photographs for what the museum called the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Scorsese’s monumental output.