Films by François Duplat

Germany 2005
by Felix Moeller

With numerous unknown film clips the documentary portrays Hildegard Knef’s way from the very young actress during the Third Reich, to her first film parts in the German film studio Ufa, her involvement in the last battle of Berlin in 1945, her survival in post-war Germany, her comet-like rise to the first German film star after WW II, and her time in Hollywood. with: Kurt Hirsch, David Cameron, Paul von Schell, Alexander von Demandowsky, Volker Schlöndorff a.o.

Germany 2003
by Felix Moeller

It is a journey through three generations and more than 70 years of filmmaking and history in Germany. Paul Verhoeven was a major stage director in the 1930s, but became famous primarily as a film director during the Third Reich and in post-war Germany. This portrait with film clips from various epochs of the German film is a combination of film history and family biography. With: Michael Verhoeven, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, Stella Maria Adorf, Simon Verhoeven, Luca Verhoeven, Volker Schlöndo