Dieter Enzenauer (78) was a production assistant and personal assistant for the German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He worked on several classics of the New German Cinema, such as Nora Helmer (1974), Martha (1974), and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974). We met for a conversation in Cologne. You started to work for Fassbinder in …
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
On the morning of Pentecost Sunday on May 26, 1828 a strange 16-year-old young man arrived at the city of Nuremberg, Kingdom of Bavaria. The boy could barely speak and stand upright. He carried with him a letter from an unknown author, addressed to the chief of the local garrison, which assured that the young …
Stroszek (1977)
Director: Werner Herzog Born in Munich in 1942, Werner Herzog is a German director, documentarian, screenwriter and actor. He is considered as one of the most influential directors inside the Arthouse cinemasphere. Herzog grew up inside a divided and devastated Germany, which was slowly recovering from World War II. People of his generation reached maturity …