A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner

Timon Koulmasis
2021-02-24


8.5
55 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Lotte Eisner Self (archive footage) Unowned
Werner Herzog Self Unowned
Volker Schlöndorff Self Unowned
Wim Wenders Self Unowned
Martje Grohmann Self Unowned
Bernard Eisenschitz Self Unowned
Laurent Mannoni Self Unowned