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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

02/24/2021

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0hr 55min

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Documentary

,TV Movie

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lotte Eisner
  • Werner Herzog
  • Volker Schlöndorff
  • Wim Wenders
  • Martje Grohmann

    Director

  • Timon Koulmasis

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ZDF
  • ARTE
  • Acqua alta
  • Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction

    Production Countries

  • France
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • French
  • German

Cast

Lotte Eisner

Self (archive footage)

Bernard Eisenschitz

Self

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