• Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair

    Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair



  • Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair

    Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair



Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair

by Roman Hüben

Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair

2022 | 76:00 min

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait History Human Interest Society Arts Theater

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
Douglas Sirk was the master of cinematic melodrama. This fascinating, emotional portrait reveals that the ultimate melodrama was Sirk’s own life. It is the key to understanding his work. He discovered Zarah Leander and made her a star in the mid-1930s. Later, in the USA, he catapulted Rock Hudson from no-name to screen icon. And in the 1950s Douglas Sirk reinvented the melodrama. But who was the man who suddenly left Hollywood at the height of his fame and moved to Switzerland? In interviews with among others Todd Haynes and hitherto unpublished excerpts from his wife’s diaries, the film gets closer to this mysterious genius. We discover a life story marked by hope, disillusionment, love and death. [FFHH22]
Festivals/Awards
2022
75 Locarno FF – Retrospective: Homage
FFHH22, 30 Filmfest Hamburg
FF Gent
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Cast and Crew
  • Director Roman Hüben
  • Producer Nicola Genni (PiCfilm), Christophe Gougeon (Acqua Alta), Stefan Pannen (Berlin Producers), Fabrizio Polpettini (La Bête)
  • Director of Photography Mathieu Gaudet
  • Protagonist Hanna Schygulla, Todd Haynes, Jon Halliday, Bernard Eisenschitz, Denis Rossano
  • Editor Marylou Vergez
  • Sound Camille Bonard, Timothée Zurbuchen
  • Sound Design Riccardo Studer
  • Score Martin Perret
Original Languages

English

German

French

Co-Production Company
berlin producers Media GmbH
Germany
www.berlin-producers.de
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