A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner(2021)
Original title: Ein Leben für den Film - 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.
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Dette er historien om Lotte Eisner, den tyske filmkritikeren som flyktet til Paris og grunnla Cinémathèque Française sammen med Henri Langlois. Dokumentaren følger en lidenskap så sterk at den forvandlet en flyktning til en av filmhistoriens viktigste bevarere. For deg som elsker både filmhistorie og sterke kvinner som formet kulturen vi kjenner i dag.
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