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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

February 24, 2021
55m
Documentary
TV Movie
Critics
85/100
Story
82/100
Acting
88/100
Cinematography
90/100
Soundtrack
80/100

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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Director
Timon Koulmasis
Cast
Lotte Eisner, Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders, Martje Grohmann, Bernard Eisenschitz, Laurent Mannoni
Release Date
February 24, 2021
Production
ZDF, ARTE, Acqua alta, Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction

Rating Distribution

User Ratings

5 Stars65%
1235
4 Stars25%
475
3 Stars8%
152
2 Stars2%
38
1 Stars0%
0
Total: 1,900 ratings

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