A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Documentary
★ 8.5·2021·0h 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 wit...
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Cast
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
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DIRECTOR
Timon Koulmasis
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.