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Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair

Country: Switzerland, France, Germany, Language: German, French, English, 75 mins

  • Director: Roman Huben
  • Writer: Roman Huben
  • Producer: Nicola Genni, Christophe Gougeon, Stefan Pannen, Fabrizio Polpettini

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An investigative portrait of the master of cinematic melodrama, Douglas Sirk. His life was the ultimate melodrama, from which all his films were inspired. Through the testimonies of those closest to him and the unpublished accounts in his wife's diary, we get closer to this man surrounded by mystery. We discover his world and his story, marked by hope and disillusionment, by death and, of course, by love.


Trailer...

Douglas Sirk - Hope as in despair [Trailer] from La Bête on Vimeo.



Roman Hüben's documentary chooses a human-size narrative cut, exploring Sirk's work from a movement that plumbs the effects of the greatest sorrow of his life: the loss of his son Klaus.

Cast & Characters

Hanna Schygulla (as Hilde Jary)
Douglas Sirk (as Self - Subject (archiveFootage))