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Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
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Prenzlauer Allee 36G
10405 Berlin
10405 Berlin
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Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair
Synopsis
Douglas Sirk was the master of cinematic melodrama. This fascinating, emotional portrait reveals that the ultimate melodrama was Sirk’s own life. It is the key to understanding his work. He discovered Zarah Leander and made her a star in the mid-1930s. Later, in the USA, he catapulted Rock Hudson from no-name to screen icon. And in the 1950s Douglas Sirk reinvented the melodrama. But who was the man who suddenly left Hollywood at the height of his fame and moved to Switzerland? In interviews with among others Todd Haynes and hitherto unpublished excerpts from his wife’s diaries, the film gets closer to this mysterious genius. We discover a life story marked by hope, disillusionment, love and death. [FFHH22]Cast & Crew
- Director
- ProducerNicola Genni (PiCfilm), Christophe Gougeon (Acqua Alta), Stefan Pannen (Berlin Producers), Fabrizio Polpettini (La Bête)
- Director of photography
- Protagonist
- Editor (Cut)
- Sound
- Sound Design
- Original Score
Festivals/awards
202275 Locarno FF – Retrospective: Homage
FFHH22, 30 Filmfest Hamburg
FF Gent
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Co-Production Company
Prenzlauer Allee 36G
10405 Berlin
10405 Berlin
Cast & Crew
Roman HübenNicola Genni (PiCfilm), Christophe Gougeon (Acqua Alta), Stefan Pannen (Berlin Producers), Fabrizio Polpettini (La Bête)
Mathieu Gaudet
Hanna Schygulla, Todd Haynes, Jon Halliday, Bernard Eisenschitz, Denis Rossano
Marylou Vergez
Camille Bonard, Timothée Zurbuchen
Riccardo Studer
Martin Perret
