Movie: Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

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Daniel Schmid
Daniel Schmid

Self (archive footage)

Ingrid Caven
Ingrid Caven

Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage)

Peter Kern
Peter Kern

Self

Werner Schroeter
Werner Schroeter

Self

Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier

Self

Renato Berta
Renato Berta

Self

Raúl Gimenez
Raúl Gimenez

Self (archive footage)

Lucía Bosè
Lucía Bosè

(archive footage)

Douglas Sirk
Douglas Sirk

Self (archive footage)

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    When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence he came to Berlin in the early 1960s and became part of the new German wave. Schmid worked with, among others, Wenders and Fassbinder, for example as an actor in Wender’s The American Friend. He met Ingrid Caven, who was to play a diva in several of his films. This is a documentation of a part of modern European film history and a good analysis of artistry and how it corresponds to the individual behind the camera. A wealth of archival footage brings us close to many directors and actors in Schmid’s circle. If you’ve never seen a Daniel Schmid film, you are sure to want to after watching this portrait of his life.

  • Release Date

    2010-09-02

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    5.8

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