Daniel Schmid
Biography: From Wikipedia Daniel Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. In 1982, his film Hécate was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 1988, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. A new documentary film on Schmid's life Daniel Schmid - Le chat qui pense, had its U.S. premiere at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on June 20, 2011.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 26, 1941
Deathday: August 05, 2006
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Known For
The American Friend
1977-06-24
The American Friend
Overview: Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-06-24
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The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972-03-10
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Overview: Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-03-10
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Situationen
1967-01-01
Situationen
Overview: Scenes from Berlin: Kids playing football, a man tries to light a fire in his stove, a film team sets up a shot in a park, students discuss politics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Judith Therpauve
1978-10-06
Judith Therpauve
Overview: A former hero of the French anti-Nazi resistance is approached by old comrades to lead a financially struggling liberal newspaper. Initially reluctant, she takes on the challenge, mortgaging her house to keep it afloat. As conservative forces intensify their opposition, she is eventually forced to sell the paper, seeing it as a personal failure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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Lili Marleen
1981-01-14
Lili Marleen
Overview: The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-01-14
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Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010-09-02
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
Overview: When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence he came to Berlin in the early 1960s and became part of the new German wave. Schmid worked with, among others, Wenders and Fassbinder, for example as an actor in Wender’s The American Friend. He met Ingrid Caven, who was to play a diva in several of his films. This is a documentation of a part of modern European film history and a good analysis of artistry and how it corresponds to the individual behind the camera. A wealth of archival footage brings us close to many directors and actors in Schmid’s circle. If you’ve never seen a Daniel Schmid film, you are sure to want to after watching this portrait of his life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-09-02
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Francois Simon the Presence
1986-10-01
Francois Simon the Presence
Overview: The work of legendary actor François Simon, son of Michel Simon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-01
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Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972-06-22
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Overview: Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1972-06-22
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Roberte
1979-03-14
Roberte
Overview: Roberte, 40, resistant during the war, Calvinist and anticlerical, is deputy to the chamber and inspector of Censorship. She married Octave, an old Catholic aesthete, professor of canon law, whom she saves from impeachment for collaboration during the war. He submits his wife to a perverse custom: the laws of hospitality or prostitution of the wife by the husband.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-03-14
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The Cuckoo Years
1967-11-07
The Cuckoo Years
Overview: Experimental fiction film about young people taking on different creative tasks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-11-07
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