Born in Berlin in 1896, Lotte Eisner became famous for her passionate involvement in the world of both German and French cinema. In 1936, together with Henri Langlois, she founded the Cinémathèque Française with the goal of saving from destruction films, costumes, sets, posters, and other treasures of the 7th Art. A Jew exiled in Paris, she became a pillar of the capital's cultural scene, where she promoted German cinema.
Acting
Eisner's own footage—charismatic, chain-smoking, utterly magnetic.
Direction
Koulmasis lets legends talk, never interrupts the magic.
Production
Rare Nitrate rescue footage that'll make archivists weep.
Director
Timon Koulmasis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Herzog literally walked from Munich to Paris in 1974 when Eisner fell ill, believing she'd die if he didn't.
Eisner wrote THE foundational book on Expressionist cinema while hiding from Gestapo—scholarship as survival.
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