Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
7.5
When director Daniel Schmid grew up, his parents ran a hotel in the Alps, and this singular setting was to influence his film. Rather by coincidence, he came to Berlin in the early 1960s and became part of the new German wave. Schmid worked with, among others, Wenders and Fassbinder, for example, as an actor in Wender’s The American Friend. He met Ingrid Caven, who was to play a diva in several of his films. This is a documentation of a part of modern European film history and a good analysis of artistry and how it corresponds to the individual behind the camera. A wealth of archival footage brings us close to many directors and actors in Schmid’s circle. If you’ve never seen a Daniel Schmid film, you are sure to want to after watching this portrait of his life.
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Cast
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Daniel Schmid
Self (archive footage)
Known for
The American Friend
Ingrid Caven
Self
Known for
Suspiria
World on a Wire
Urs Augstburger
Pascal Hofmann
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Fox and His Friends
Katzelmacher
Benny Jaberg
Alberto Chollet
Peter Kern
Self
Known for
World on a Wire
Wrong Move
Marcel Hoehn
Martin Handschin
Werner Schroeter
Self
Known for
World on a Wire
Beware of a Holy Whore
Susa Katz
Benny Jaberg Director · Pascal Hofmann Director Filip Zumbrunn Cinematographer
United States release June 20, 2011 · Produced in Switzerland · Languages French, German, Italian, Japanese
Production
Succes Cinema
Production
T&C Film AG
Production
Zuercher Filmstiftung
Production
Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German · Italian · Japanese
Release dates
Germany · February 14, 2010
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Switzerland · September 2, 2010
Theatrical
United States · June 20, 2011
Premiere · Frameline Film Festival
Germany
September 2, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
March 11, 2011 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Sweden
January 29, 2011 · Premiere · Göteborg International Film Festival
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