Feb 14, 2008
120 min
Full-HD

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008)

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

Category

Documentary

Country

Germany

Companies

Kinowelt Filmverlag der Autoren

Rudolf Augstein

Self (archive footage)

Heinz Badewitz

Self

Hark Bohm

Self

Uwe Brandner

Self

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage)

Michael Fengler

Self

Hans W. Geißendörfer

Self

Irm Hermann

Self

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