Wenders Tribute

ONE WHO SET FORTH: WIM WENDERS’ EARLY YEARS

VON EINEM DER AUSZOG: WIM WENDERS’ FRÜHE JAHRE

Directed by Marcel Wehn

TUESDAY JANUARY 20 4:15PM CASTRO

In this documentary, Wim Wenders speaks frankly and very personally about his path from being a doctor’s son, who was supposed to follow in his father’s footsteps to becoming a filmmaker. He wanted to become a priest but went to medical school. His passion however was photography and film. The viewer is taken on a journey to Paris, where Wenders tried to make ends meet as a painter. He recalls events of his life as an aspiring director at the University of Television and Film in Munich, which include success as well as failure. The film paints the picture of a young student’s ready-to-go attitude to life in 1968’s Munich.
Some of Wenders’ most important companions, his wives as well as Peter Handke, Robby Müller, Rüdiger Vogler, and Bruno Ganz are interviewed and for the first time speak openly about their personal and professional experiences with him. Recalling their memories, they also talk about recurring key themes in Wenders’ films--loneliness, friendship, the difficulty to communicate, and the search for identity.

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Country
Germany
Year
2007
Run Time
digital, 96min., German
with English subtitles
Cast
Wim Wenders
Donata Wenders
Edda Köchl
Bruno Ganz Camera
Sarah Rotter
Screenwriter
Marcel Wehn
Printsource
INDI Film
Email
info@indifilm.de

Awards
nominated at First Steps 2007
(Best Documentary of a German speaking film school)

Director

Marcel Wehn
was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1977. He studied film at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. VON EINEM DER AUSZOG is his graduation work.