A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner (2021)

8.5 55 min Movie
Documentary

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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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

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