Hans Warns: My 20th Century
1999, German. Directed by Gordian Maugg.
German director Gordian Maugg creates this curious documentary/reenactment of the life of Hans Warn, adventuring sailor-turned-photographer. Born in Bremen in 1899, the young Hans signs on to the good ship Herbert in 1914, but not before he persuades his mother to buy him a camera. What starts as a hobby soon develops into a passion. Soon Hans is documenting his life on the high seas and his ship's six-month capture during World War I. Later, Hans marries the girl next door, Wilma, but their family life is sporadic because of his seafaring career. Maugg uses a wide palette of cinematic tricks and devices to recall the early years of the century, including sepia tinting, decorative intertitles, distressed footage, and other idioms of early silent documentaries.
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- 1h 45m
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- 20 September 1999
- Original title
- Hans Warns - Mein 20. Jahrhundert
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- Germany
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Hans Warns: My 20th Century (1999) was directed by Gordian Maugg.