A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

202155m8.5/10
Documentary

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8.5/10(2)

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.

Production

ZDF, ARTE, Acqua alta, Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lotte Eisner

Lotte Eisner

Self (archive footage)

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Self

Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

Self

Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Self

Martje Grohmann

Self

Bernard Eisenschitz

Self

Laurent Mannoni

Self

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