Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika

Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)

November 13th, 19830h 26min

Documentary
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Overview

This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.


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