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Feature film — 2021

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021)

8.50h 55mDocumentary

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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ZDF / ARTE / Acqua alta / Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction

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Director: Timon Koulmasis

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Lotte Eisner

Self (archive footage)

Werner Herzog as Self

Werner Herzog

Self

Volker Schlöndorff as Self

Volker Schlöndorff

Self

Wim Wenders as 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

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