A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021)

Directed by Timon Koulmasis

Documentary · 55m

Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together with Henri Langlois, she founded the Cinémathèque Française with the goal of saving from destruction films, costumes, sets, posters, and other treasures of the 7th Art. A Jew exiled in Paris, she became a pillar of the capital's cultural scene, where she promoted German cinema.

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Cast

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Lotte Eisner Self (archive footage) Werner Herzog Self Volker Schlöndorff Self Wim Wenders Self
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Martje Grohmann Self
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Bernard Eisenschitz Self
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Laurent Mannoni Self

Crew

Director
Timon Koulmasis
Writer
Timon Koulmasis
Director of Photography
Rüdiger Kortz
Editor
Aurique Delannoy
Producer
Ilona Grundmann, Christophe Gougeon, Yann Brolli

Details

Original title
Ein Leben für den Film - Lotte Eisner
Release date
2021-02-24
Runtime
55m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
France, Germany
Production
ZDF, ARTE, Acqua alta, Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction