A Life for Movies: 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.

Country: France, Germany

Cast

Lotte Eisner

Werner Herzog

Volker Schlöndorff

Wim Wenders

Martje Grohmann

Bernard Eisenschitz

Laurent Mannoni