EN / DE / FR / PL / ΕΛ / ES / IT / LT / RO
 
EN / DE / FR / PL / ΕΛ / ES / IT / LT / RO

Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair

  • Douglas Sirk - The Only Thing We Have Is Ourselves (Working title)
Documentary | 2022 | Portrait | France, Germany, Switzerland

Shooting data

Start of shooting05/04/2022
End of shooting30/04/2022
Filming regionsGermany - Baden-Württemberg, Germany - Berlin, Germany - Hesse

Project data

Length of movie76 min

Brief synopsis

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 Through the testimonies of those closest to him and the unpublished accounts in his wife's diary, we get closer to this man surrounded by mystery.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.
(http://www.picfilm.ch/documentary)

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Director of photographyMathieu Gaudet
DirectorRoman Hüben
EditorMarylou Vergez
ComposerMartin Perret
ProducerNicola Genni
Assistant production managerSebastian Dorn
Production driverSebastian Dorn
Production driverFerdinand Seybold
Commissioning editorSabine Bubeck-Paaz
Commissioning editorSilvana Bezzola Rigolini
RSI
RSI

Production companies

CompanyComment
PIC Film SA [ch]
Berlin Producers Media GmbH
Co-production
Co-production
Acqua alta [fr]
Co-production
Co-production
SRG SSR idée Suisse [ch]
Participation
Participation
RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera [ch]
Participation
Participation
ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Participation
Participation
Arte [de/fr]
Participation
Participation

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2023SwitzerlandSolothurner Filmtage
2022GermanyFilmfest Hamburg

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
PremiereSunday, 02/10/2022Filmfest Hamburg