A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
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.
Release Date
November 1, 2020Runtime
55 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Timon KoulmasisLanguage
GermanBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
Lotte Eisner
Self
Werner Herzog
Self
Volker Schlöndorff
Self
Wim Wenders
Self
Claude Chabrol
Self (archive footage)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Luc Godard
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Kluge
Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
Self (archive footage)
Henri Langlois
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Cast17 cast members
