Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008, German. Directed by Laurens Straub & Dominik Wessely.
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Laurens StraubDirector
- Dominik WesselyDirector
- Rudolf AugsteinSelf (archive footage)
- Heinz BadewitzSelf
- Hark BohmSelf
- Uwe BrandnerSelf
- Rainer Werner FassbinderSelf (archive footage)
- Michael FenglerSelf
- Hans W. GeißendörferSelf
- Irm HermannSelf
- Werner HerzogSelf
- Peter LilienthalSelf
- Tom LuddySelf
- Margaret MénégozSelf
Details
- Released
- 14 February 2008
- Original title
- Gegenschuss - Aufbruch der Filmemacher
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Rainer Kölmel, Laurens Straub
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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers (2008) was directed by Laurens Straub and Dominik Wessely and stars Rudolf Augstein, Heinz Badewitz, Hark Bohm.