Donatello & Fosco Dubini / Barbara Obermaier - Hedy Lamarr – Secrets Of A Hollywood Star
MGM-tycoon Louis B. Mayer called Hedy Lamarr “the most beautiful girl of the century.” A psychological portrait of glamour star Hedy Lamarr who became scandalously famous in 1933 as the first nude on the screen with her appearance in the Austrian/Czech film Ecstasy. She then had an extraordinary career in more than 25 Hollywood films. But.. she also invented a torpedo guided system which was patented in 1942 and serves today as the basis for mobile phones.
The documentary (2006, 85 mins) contains interviews with Mickey Rooney, Lupita Kohner, Kenneth Anger and many other personal friends of Hedy. Also featured is the trailer “Jean Seberg – American Actress (5 mins), the trailer “Thomas Pynchon – A Journey Into The Mind (3 mins) – several documents and photos in ROM-format. Finally, the 2-disc DVD offers Hedy Lamarr’s legendary scandal film Ekstase (1933, 79 mins) in an uncut version.
Languages English and German, subtitles English and German.
€29.50

Erwin Wagenhofer - Let’s Make Money
Austrian documentary by Erwin Wagenhofer released in 2009, about aspects of the development of the world wide financial system, claiming that elitists economica..(read more)
Label: Cineart
Artist: Erwin Wagenhofer
Medium: DVD
Categories: Films, Second Hand.
Tags: Documentary, Economy.

Peter Haas / Silvia Holzinger - Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work (German language)
The film spans 8 decades of Joseph Weizenbaum’s life. It provides a stage for his humorous narrative depicting a World of Yesterday while reflecting on th..(read more)
Label: Il Mare Film
Artist: Peter Haas / Silvia Holzinger
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Computer Science, Documentary, Portrait, Science, Technology.

Henri de Gerlache - Magritte, Le Jour et la Nuit
As mystifying and peculiar as his work, Rene Magritte painted in a style that was at once real and surreal, witty and disturbing. His enigmatic nature and amazi..(read more)
Label: Arte Video
Artist: Henri de Gerlache
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Art, Biography, Documentary, Portrait, Surrealism.
