A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

2021
55m
8.5

8.5/10

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Documentary
Overview

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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Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
ZDF ARTE Acqua alta Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction
Production Countries
France Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Keywords

biography historical figure archive footage founder film critic cinematheque old footage cinema history film archives famous people national archives cinema critic

Quick Facts

Original Title Ein Leben für den Film - Lotte Eisner
Release Date February 24, 2021
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt14101856

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
Martje Grohmann

Self

Bernard Eisenschitz
Bernard Eisenschitz

Self

Laurent Mannoni
Laurent Mannoni

Self

Key Crew

Ilona Grundmann
Producer
Christophe Gougeon
Producer
Yann Brolli
Producer
Timon Koulmasis
Writer
Timon Koulmasis
Director