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Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me
Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me
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Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me

Original Title: Helmut Berger, meine Mutter und ich

2019
1h 22m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2019

Runtime

1h 22m

Storyline

My mother googles the film hero of her youth: Helmut Berger. She is shocked: only an addicted shadow of the former icon seems to be left. She decides to halt the obvious catastrophic decline of the once “most handsome man in the world”. As a consequence, this one-time god of the screen is suddenly sitting on my mother’s sofa in Nordsehl in Lower Saxony. And he stays put - for several months. While he trustingly rolls out his whole life before us, the dividing lines between film team, world star and family intermingle. This is a film about ageing, rising and falling - and about the fact that it is sometimes possible to regain an element of dignity in life.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Mar 7, 2019
Languages
German
Italian
French
English
Director
Valesca Peters
Production
Kobalt Productions
Kobalt Productions
3sat
3sat
ORF
ORF
nordmedia
nordmedia
Production Countries
Germany

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

Helmut Berger

Helmut Berger

Self

Bettina Vorndamme

Self

Karla Vorndamme

Self

Ophelia Gassmann

Self

Samia Tahanouti

Dr. Dietmar Peikert

Self

Richard Maschke

Self

Birgit Insinger

Self

Ernst Stahlhut

Self

Matthias Harder

Self

René Fietzek

Self

Christophe Montenez

Christophe Montenez

Self

Doris Kohn

Self

Christin Bahro

Self

Valesca Peters

Voiceover

Paul Morrissey

Paul Morrissey

Self (archive footage)

Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

Albert Serra

Albert Serra

Self

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