Frans Weisz
Charlotte
Edition 1981
96'
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1980
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War, Drama, Biography
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Dialogue:
Dutch, English
Director:
Frans Weisz
Composer:
Egisto Macchi
With:
Birgit Doll, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Brigitte Horney
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
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Credits
Director
Frans Weisz
Composer
Egisto Macchi
With
Birgit Doll, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Brigitte Horney
Scenario
Frans Weisz, Judith Herzberg
Director of Photography
Jerzy Lipman, Theo van de Sande
Editor
Clarissa Ambach
Producer
Artur Brauner, Mario Gallo
More information
Dialogue
Dutch, English
Countries of production
Italy, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, West Germany
Year
1980