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Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

Genres
Documentary
Rating
8.0
StatusReleased
LanguagesDeutschEnglishFrançais
CountriesSwitzerlandFranceGermany
Release Date2022-08-03
Runtime74 mins

Overview

An investigative portrait of the master of cinematic melodrama, Douglas Sirk. His life was the ultimate melodrama, from which all his films were inspired. Through the testimonies of those closest to him and the unpublished accounts in his wife's diary, we get closer to this man surrounded by mystery.

Cast & Crew

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Hanna Schygulla

as Hilde Jary

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Todd Haynes

as Self

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Douglas Sirk

as Self (archive footage)

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