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Alexander Granach (2012)

Name: Alexander Granach
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-10-23T10:04:51+02:00
Cast: Juliane Köhler, Samuel Finzi, Gad Granach

Documentary | 105 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 105 minuten

Alternative title: Alexander Granach - Da Geht ein Mensch

Country: Germany

Directed by: Angelika Wittlich

Stars: Juliane Köhler, Samuel Finzi, Gad Granach

IMDb score: 6,5 (8)

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Alexander Granach plot

The actor Alexander Granach takes the Berlin stages by storm during the Weimar period. He collaborates with Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator and is unforgettable for his role in FW Murnau's Nosferatu (1922). Director Angelika Wittlich follows his impressive journey in her film. It begins with his childhood in Galicia (now Ukraine), follows his footsteps in Germany and moves to the intermediate stops of his exile in Poland, the USSR, Switzerland, New York and Hollywood, where Granach peaked with Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939). reached his American career. But despite all the distances he travels, he sticks to his 'great eternal love', the Swiss actress Lotte Lieven.