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Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky
''A Trick of the Light'' (German: ''Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky'' "The Skladanowsky brothers") is a 1995 German biographical film directed by Wim Wenders. The film was made with the students of the University of Television and Film Munich and is a combination of docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography to show the birth of cinema in Berlin where Max Skladanowsky and his brother Emil built a projector they called the Bioscop.Introduction of Wim Wenders at the television broadcast at arte, 28 December 1995. Plot Part One Little Gertrud lives with her father Max Skladanowky and her uncles Emil and Eugen in Pankow near Berlin. Her everyday life is shaped by the inventive spirit of her father and uncles. She has a very close relationship with all of them, but especially Eugen, who works as a clown and magician. Her father has been working for a long time on the invention of a device that can play back moving images. So far, together with Emil, he earns his living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and photographer, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Venice International Film Festival, Venice, and Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award. Wenders made his feature film debut with ''Summer in the City (film), Summer in the City'' (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films ''Alice in the Cities'' (1974), ''The Wrong Move'' (1975), and ''Kings of the Road'' (1976), later known as the ''Road Movie trilogy''. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas'' (1984) and the Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival), Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for ''Wings of Desire'' (1987). His other notable films inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
