The first film by Italian filmmaker and writer Ellis Donda. Screened at Oberhausen in 1975, Engel und Puppe is a political adaptation of some lines from Rilke’s Duino Elegies, featuring the French poet Jacqueline Risset and a young Rossella Or (avant-garde theatre actress). A radical appreciation of cinema as language.
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Die grosse Pumpelei
A humorous silent film of a man who looks for love in the personals section. An impromptu visit becomes more than he bargained for. -
Black Sunfight
An early example of post-war experimental cinema in Germany based on an old belief that each solar eclipse produces a war. -
Carna
The carnival in Bergen op Zoom comes to life with masterful cinematography that places us squarely on the dance floor for a night of raucous…
Film details
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 1975
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
