72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin

Robert Fischer
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This documentary, presented as a world premiere at San Sebastian Festival, throws new light on Lubitsch?s Berlinese epoch through filmed documents and testimonies. His daughter, Nicola Lubitsch, takes us through the period with the help of film historians, specialists on his work and some of today?s most outstanding German directors; personalities like Tom Tykwer, Michael Hanisch, Hans Helmut Prinzler, Enno Patalas, Jan-Christopher Horak, Wolfgang Becker, Amanda Goodpaster and Dani Levy. Numerous film extracts, unknown photographs and interviews with Lubitsch, the actress Henny Porten and other first-hand witnesses complete this exhaustive portrayal of one of cinema?s true geniuses.
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Robert Fischer
Screenplay
Robert Fischer
Photography
Jonathan Rho, Michael Rüdiger, Manuel Lommel
Edition
Frank Schönfelder
Music
Aljoscha Zimmermann
Running Time
110 m.
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