The Villain Robert Otto (2018)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 59M
Director : Florian Haag
Synopsis
Recorded readings of Swiss writer Robert Walser's late texts and micrographs join with documentary tableaux of his long array of residences, leaving behind a disembodied image.
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