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Charlotte, vie ou théatre?

Charlotte, Life Or Theater?
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France / Switzerland, April 1992
FILM, Documentary, 61 min.

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directed by
Richard Dindo
Written by
Richard Dindo
Status
In distribution

Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish artist lived in exile in the vicinity of Nice in the early 1940s. In an attempt to come to terms with both personal family tragedies and the threat of persecution by the Nazis, she decided to paint her life story. The result was a series of nearly 800 gouaches, called “Life or Theatre?”, combining expressive tableaux with written dialogue and captions. Two weeks before she was arrested by the Gestapo, she entrusted the village doctor with her work. 1943 she was murdered in Auschwitz; she was 26 years old. The filmmaker focuses mainly on the artist's paintings, but also incorporated photos and other documents.

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World Premiere
April 1992
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 61 min.
Production
Lapsus-Film, Ciné Manufacture CMS SA
Producer
Esther Hoffenberg
directed by
Richard Dindo
Written by
Richard Dindo
Cinemato­graphy
Pio Corradi
Editing
Catherine Poitevin, Richard Dindo
Location Sound Mix
François de Bortoli

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Lapsus-Film

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Austria
Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Distribution
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Germany
Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Distribution
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