King Kongs Faust

Story

Synopsis

Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no accreditation. Also Journalist Matthies gets to know the rules of being in or out when he wants to see a screening and is not welcome. Thus he watches an old German silent flick which he is barely interested in. The next day the newspapers are full of reports about a newly discovered German masterpiece from the silent era. It seems that Matthies had luck. He just saw *the* film everybody is talking about now. Also everybody is speculating about its director, who remains unknown. When Matthies talks to Ackrewa, an old befriended projectionist, about the film, the latter seems to recall the name of the director. Matthies decides to research the case. An odyssey into film-history begins and if it is successful Matthies will come up with a top story.

Director

Heiner Stadler

Writers

Liliane Targownik, Heiner Stadler, Ulrich Enzensberger

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

26 April 1985

Ensemble

Cast

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  Werner Grassmann

  Fritz Ackrewa

• Heinz Van Nouhuys

  Chefredakteur

• Wolfgang Längsfeld

  Kollege

• Gisela Weilemann

  Frau in der Bar

• Gad Klein

  Kritiker

• Volker Stollberg

  Kritiker

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  Doris Dörrie

  Kritikerin

• Philip Behrens

  Kritiker

• Michael Stejskal

  Kritiker

• Ponkie

  Kritikerin

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  Peggy Parnass

  Kritikerin

• 

  Wim Wenders

  Regisseur