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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum

Aug 27, 2020
0h 53m
★ 0.0

Overview

The life and work of the brilliant German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, a cross-border artist who, by leaving Germany and making the whole world his place of work, acquired the objective perspective necessary to portray his country's society better than anyone else while providing a unique and original point of view on the troubled history of the European continent.

Genres

Documentary
TV Movie

Production Companies

Cinétévé
ARTE

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Volker Schlöndorff

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Volker Schlöndorff

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