Lagerfeld Confidential

Oct 10, 2007

1h 29m

★ 6.6

Overview

For the first time Karl Lagerfeld has agreed to let someone create an artwork on his every day life and to trust in the director. Until today there is no authorised biography existing and the memories who Karl Lagerfeld would compose stay perfectly confidential. After three years of work, and over three hundred hours of footage, Rodolphe Marconi discloses the daily life of the star through his personal lens as a filmmaker.

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Documentary

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Cast

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Karl Lagerfeld

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Nicole Kidman

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Brad Kroenig

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Princess Caroline of Monaco

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Sébastien Jondeau

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Lily Donaldson

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Emmanuelle Alt

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Virginie Viard

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