Lotte Eisner (1896-1983) was one of the most fascinating figures of the past century. Murnau and Lang, Strohheim, Sternberg, Chaplin, Renoir, but also Brecht and Man Ray, later Herzog and Wenders, Godard and Truffaut - they all adored the author of the "Demonic Screen" and later chief curator of the Cinémathèque Française, who wrote the first Murnau monograph in 1964. Persecuted by the Nazis, fled to France, she has always remained an exile. In her life, the history of cinema and the history of the 20th century coincide and illuminate each other.

Documentary, HD, color, 2020, by Timon Koulmasis

With: Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders, Martje Herzog, Laurent Manonni, Bernard Eisenschitz
Written and directed by: Timon Koulmasis
Edited by: Aurique Delannoy
Camera: Rüdiger Kortz
Sound: Holger Jung
Music: Ernst August Klötzke
Producers: Ilona Grundmann, Christophe Gougeon
Production: Ilona Grundmann Filmproduktion, acqua alta, zdf/arte, HessenFilm, ORF Weltvertrieb, ciné +, CNC, Procirep-Angoa, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah

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