Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika (1983)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 26分
演出 : Harun Farocki
シノプシス
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
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