Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense (2010)
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.
Directors: Benny Jaberg, Pascal Hofmann.
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Daniel Schmid as Self (archive footage) |
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Ingrid Caven as Self |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Self (archive footage) |
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Peter Kern as Self |
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Werner Schroeter as Self |
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Bulle Ogier as Self |
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Renato Berta as Self |
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Raúl Gimenez as Self (archive footage) |
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Lucia Bosè as (archive footage) |
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Douglas Sirk as Self (archive footage) |
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Shiguéhiko Hasumi as Self |
| Camera | Filip Zumbrunn | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hans Künzi | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Pascal Hofmann | Editor |
| Editing | Caterina Mona | Editor |
| Editing | Benny Jaberg | Editor |
| Sound | Christoph Brünggel | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Peter Scherer | Music |
| Directing | Benny Jaberg | Director |
| Directing | Pascal Hofmann | Director |
